Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry (Oxford English Monographs Series) Book

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Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry (Oxford English Monographs Series), A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the thinking of , Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry (Oxford English Monographs Series)

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Store of Common Sense: Gnomic Theme and Style in Old Icelandic and Old English Wisdom Poetry (Oxford English Monographs Series)
Written by author Carolyne Larrington
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, August 1993
A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the thinking of
A Store of Common Sense is the first comparative study in English of Old Icelandic and Old English wisdom poetry. It examines problems of form, unity, and coherence, and how the genre responds to social change, both reflecting and shaping the think

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Introduction 1
1 Havamal 15
1.2 Some Working Assumptions 19
1.3 An Account of the Text: The Gnomic Poem, 1-103 20
1.4 Gunnloth and the Mead of Poetry, 104-110 48
1.5 Loddfafnismal 50
1.6 Runatal 59
1.7 Ljothatal 62
2 Wisdom in the Education of the Hero: The Poems of Sigurdr's Youth 73
2.2 Prose Traditions 74
2.3 Gripisspa 75
2.4 Reginsmal 76
2.5 Fafnismal 78
2.6 Sigrdrifumal 86
3 Christian Wisdom Poetry: Hugsvinnsmal 97
3.1 Havamal, Hugsvinnsmal, and Disticha Catonis: A Problem of Relationships 97
3.2 Hugsvinnsmal: The Adaptation of Pagan Material for Christian Education 108
4 Old English Wisdom Poetry: Its Range and Themes 120
4.1 The Exeter Maxims 120
4.2 The Cotton Maxims 130
4.3 The Rune Poem 134
4.4 Fortunes of Men 139
4.5 Precepts 143
4.6 Solomon and Saturn II 148
5 Gnomic Poetry and the Natural World: Nature as an Aesthetic 161
6 Gnomes in Elegy 174
6.1 Old Norse Elegy 174
6.2 Old English Elegy 184
7 Gnomes in Narrative Verse: Old English and Old Norse 200
7.1 The Heroic: Fortitudo 201
7.2 The Heroic: Sapientia 209
7.3 The Narrative Voice 212
Conclusion 220
Bibliography 225
Index 239

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	Abbreviations
	Introduction	1
1	Havamal	15
1.2	Some Working Assumptions	19
1.3	An Account of the Text: The Gnomic Poem, 1-103	20
1.4	Gunnloth and the Mead of Poetry, 104-110	48
1.5	Loddfafnismal	50
1.6	Runatal	59
1.7	Ljothatal	62
2	Wisdom in the Education of the Hero: The Poems of Sigurdr's Youth	73
2.2	Prose Traditions	74
2.3	Gripisspa	75
2.4	Reginsmal	76
2.5	Fafnismal	78
2.6	Sigrdrifumal	86
3	Christian Wisdom Poetry: Hugsvinnsmal	97
3.1	Havamal, Hugsvinnsmal, and Disticha Catonis: A Problem of Relationships	97
3.2	Hugsvinnsmal: The Adaptation of Pagan Material for Christian Education	108
4	Old English Wisdom Poetry: Its Range and Themes	120
4.1	The Exeter Maxims	120
4.2	The Cotton Maxims	130
4.3	The Rune Poem	134
4.4	Fortunes of Men	139
4.5	Precepts	143
4.6	Solomon and Saturn II	148
5	Gnomic Poetry and the Natural World: Nature as an Aesthetic	161
6	Gnomes in Elegy	174
6.1	Old Norse Elegy	174
6.2	Old English Elegy	184
7	Gnomes in Narrative Verse: Old English and Old Norse	200
7.1	The Heroic: Fortitudo	201
7.2	The Heroic: Sapientia	209
7.3	The Narrative Voice	212
	Conclusion	220
	Bibliography	225
	Index	239