English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads

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Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
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Total Pages : 260 pages
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Book Synopsis English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads by : Larry E. Syndergaard

Download or read book English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads written by Larry E. Syndergaard and published by Medieval Institute Publications. This book was released on 1995 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table V: Translations from the Swedish, s. 183-201.

Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110661934
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Book Synopsis Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern by : Sandra Ballif Straubhaar

Download or read book Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern written by Sandra Ballif Straubhaar and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is intended as a belated but heartfelt thank-you and Gedenkschrift to the late Larry Syndergaard (1936-2015), long-time professor of English at Western Michigan University and Fellow of the Kommission für Volksdichtung (International Ballad Commission). Larry’s contributions down the decades to ballad studies--particularly Scandinavian and Anglophone--included dozens of papers and articles, as well as his supremely useful book, English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads. As David Atkinson and Thomas A. McKean of the Kommission have written (May 2015): “Larry... was a sound scholar with a penetrating mind which he used to support, encourage and befriend others, rather than show off his own knowledge. He will be remembered for his contributions to international balladry, especially for providing a bridge between the English- and Scandinavian-language ballads.” Larry’s particular fascination with the vernacular ballads of the northern medieval world are reflected in this collection; topics here range from plot elements such as demonic whales, otherworldly antagonists, and mer-people to thematic issues of genre, religion and sexual mores. As a tribute to the global influence of Larry’s scholarship and the broad academic interest in medieval ballads, the essays in this volume were contributed by twelve international scholars of narrative song based in Europe, North America and Australia.

The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad

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Total Pages : 329 pages
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Book Synopsis The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad by : Bengt R. Jonsson

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The Faraway North

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ISBN 13 : 9780957612020
Total Pages : 118 pages
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Book Synopsis The Faraway North by : Ian Cumpstey

Download or read book The Faraway North written by Ian Cumpstey and published by . This book was released on 2016-06 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These ballads convey a fantastic vision of the world as it was imagined in medieval Scandinavia, with monsters and magic intermingled with very human concerns of heroism, tragedy, love, and revenge. The great hero Sigurd is joined in this collection by troll-battling warriors including Holger Dane, Orm the Strong, and others. There are dramatic scenes of romance, betrayal, and loss. Some of the ballads translated here are attested by paintings or maps that date from earlier than when the first full ballad texts were first written down in the 1500s. An adventure ballad relevant to the history of an Eddic poem is also included. The ballads are storytelling songs that were passed down as part of an oral folk music tradition in Scandinavia. This collection brings many new ballads to the English-speaking reader. The readable verse translations succeed in conveying the rhythm, spirit, and imagery of the originals. The translations are mainly based on Swedish and Norwegian ballads, with some from Danish tradition. For each ballad, there is also a short introduction with commentary and background information. The ballads included are: Åsmund Frægdegjeva; Steinfinn Fefinnson; Esbjörn Proud and Orm the Strong; Sunfair and the Dragon King; Bendik and Årolilja; Sigurd Sven; Sivard Snare Sven; Little Lisa; Sven Norman and Miss Gullborg; Peter Pallebosson; Sir Svedendal; King Speleman; Holger Dane and Burman; Sven Felding; St Olaf's Sailing Race.

Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern

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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110660458
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Book Synopsis Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern by : Sandra Ballif Straubhaar

Download or read book Ballads of the North, Medieval to Modern written by Sandra Ballif Straubhaar and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is intended as a belated but heartfelt thank-you and Gedenkschrift to the late Larry Syndergaard (1936-2015), long-time professor of English at Western Michigan University and Fellow of the Kommission für Volksdichtung (International Ballad Commission). Larry’s contributions down the decades to ballad studies--particularly Scandinavian and Anglophone--included dozens of papers and articles, as well as his supremely useful book, English Translations of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballads. As David Atkinson and Thomas A. McKean of the Kommission have written (May 2015): “Larry... was a sound scholar with a penetrating mind which he used to support, encourage and befriend others, rather than show off his own knowledge. He will be remembered for his contributions to international balladry, especially for providing a bridge between the English- and Scandinavian-language ballads.” Larry’s particular fascination with the vernacular ballads of the northern medieval world are reflected in this collection; topics here range from plot elements such as demonic whales, otherworldly antagonists, and mer-people to thematic issues of genre, religion and sexual mores. As a tribute to the global influence of Larry’s scholarship and the broad academic interest in medieval ballads, the essays in this volume were contributed by twelve international scholars of narrative song based in Europe, North America and Australia.

Cygnifiliana

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Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9780820478807
Total Pages : 226 pages
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Book Synopsis Cygnifiliana by : Roy Arthur Swanson

Download or read book Cygnifiliana written by Roy Arthur Swanson and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the course of an academic career spanning five decades, Professor Roy Arthur Swanson established himself as an internationally recognized scholar and outstanding teacher in Classics and literary studies. He is the author of five books and the co-author of three books, and has been active as an editor and contributor of articles and reviews to scholarly publications. Twelve former students, colleagues, and friends have contributed papers in honor of Professor Swanson's seventy-fifth birthday. These papers all touch on subjects close to his heart, ranging from Greek, Roman, Italian, Scandinavian, and German literary studies to modern pop culture.

The Birth of the Ballad

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Publisher : Svenskt Visarkiv
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Total Pages : 258 pages
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Download or read book The Birth of the Ballad written by David Colbert and published by Svenskt Visarkiv. This book was released on 1989 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Nordic Storyteller

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443803162
Total Pages : 430 pages
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Download or read book The Nordic Storyteller written by Susan Brantly and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nordic Storyteller: Essays in Honour of Niels Ingwersen consists of a set of nineteen research essays plus an introduction, written by colleagues and admirers of Niels and Faith Ingwersen, leaders in the field of Scandinavian Studies in North America for some four decades. A first section of seven essays, entitled “Songs and Tales in Oral Tradition,” presents research in the area of folklore studies, including balladry, saints’ lives, incantations, healing, legendry, and personal experience narrative. Articles take up such issues as classification, thematics, cultural and historical change, and the effects of technology on daily life. A closely related second section, “From Oral Tradition to Literature” includes three essays which examine the adaptation of oral tradition to literary forms, focusing on the works of P. Chr. Asbjørnsen, Esias Tegnér, Elias Lönnrot, F. R. Kreutzwald, and the illustrations of Arthur Rackham—all figures important in the rise of folklore as a key interest of Romantic nationalism. A further set of nine essays grouped under the title “Tales in Literary Form” examine aspects of the writings of some of the greatest storytellers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including H. C. Andersen, Herman Bang, Henrik Ibsen, Jóhann Magnús Bjarnason, Charles Dickens, Thomas Mann, Isak Dinesen, Martin Andersen Nexø, Billy August, Hans Scherfig, Peter Høeg, Klaus Rifbjerg, Leif Panduro, and Kjartan Fløgstad. Articles address topics including autobiography, source criticism, symbolism, personal and national identities, and the representation of political ideals. Together the essays of this volume demonstrate the unflagging salience of narrative—of storytelling—in the personal lives and social experiences of Scandinavians and their neighbors, past and present.

Warrior Lore

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Publisher : Anchor Books
ISBN 13 : 9780957612013
Total Pages : 66 pages
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Book Synopsis Warrior Lore by : Ian Cumpstey

Download or read book Warrior Lore written by Ian Cumpstey and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The medieval Scandinavian ballads in this collection tell stories of champions and fighters, vikings, and trolls, drawing on Norse mythology and heroic legend. There are riddles, and there are appearances from Thor, Loki, Sigurd, and other figures from the myths of the Edda and from history. Narrative ballads were part of an oral folk music tradition in Scandinavia, and were first written down around 1600, although the ballads themselves are older. These new English verse translations are mainly based on Swedish tradition. The hero Widrik Waylandsson comes face to face with a troll in the forest. Thor resorts to cross-dressing in a bid to recover his stolen hammer. The daughter of a King of Sweden is abducted from a convent in the Swedish countryside. A young fighter has to show off his prowess in skiing and shooting for King Harald Hardrada. And more...

The Medieval Popular Ballad

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Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781290510950
Total Pages : 290 pages
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Book Synopsis The Medieval Popular Ballad by : Johannes C. H. R. (Johannes Steenstrup

Download or read book The Medieval Popular Ballad written by Johannes C. H. R. (Johannes Steenstrup and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

The Medieval Popular Ballad

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Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332849300
Total Pages : 280 pages
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Download or read book The Medieval Popular Ballad written by Edward Godfreycox and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Medieval Popular Ballad: Translated From the Danish of Johannes C. H. R. Steenstrup The scope Of this book may be stated in a few words. It is an attempt to discover what our ballads Of the Middle Ages were like originally, and to determine their proper form and subject matter. Perhaps the reader will say that this is supposedly well known already, since the greater part Of our ballads are accessible in the model collection Of Svend Grundtvig's. Here every one, SO to Speak, not only may see the ballads for himself, just as they were written down in the Old manuscripts, but may also be led, through the highly enlightening remarks Of the editor, to form his own estimate Of the subject matter and different versions Of individual ballads, as well as to compare our Danish and Scandinavian stock Of ballads with that Of other nations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tales and Translation

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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027299757
Total Pages : 402 pages
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Book Synopsis Tales and Translation by : Cay Dollerup

Download or read book Tales and Translation written by Cay Dollerup and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dealing with the most translated work of German literature, the Tales of the brothers Grimm (1812-1815), this book discusses their history, notably in relation to Denmark and subsequently other nations from 1816 to 1986. The Danish intelligentsia responded enthusiastically to the tales and some were immediately translated into Danish by a nobleman and by the foremost Romantic poet. Their renditions remained in print for a century and embued the tales with high prestige. This book discusses translators, approaches, and other parameters such as copyright, and changes in target audiences. The tales’ social acceptability inspired Hans Christian Andersen to write his celebrated fairytales. Combined, the Grimm and Andersen tales came to constitute the ‘international fairytale’.This genre was born in processes of translation and, today, it is rooted more firmly in the world of translation than in national literatures. This book thus addresses issues of interest to literary, cross-cultural studies and translation.

The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691154910
Total Pages : 1678 pages
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Download or read book The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics written by Roland Greene and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-26 with total page 1678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics / Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, co-editors; Frank J. Warnke, O.B. Hardison, Jr., and Earl Miner, associate editors. 1993.

Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross

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ISBN 13 : 1101177284
Total Pages : 465 pages
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Book Synopsis Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross by : Sigrid Undset

Download or read book Kristin Lavransdatter, III: The Cross written by Sigrid Undset and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-04-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Sigrid Undset] should be the next Elena Ferrante.” —Slate A Penguin Classic Kristin Lavransdatter interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own life—her familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faith—profoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the connections between past and present and of human nature itself, combined with the extraordinary quality of her writing, sets her works far above the genre of "historical novels." This new translation by Tina Nunnally—the first English version since Charles Archer's translation in the 1920s—captures Undset's strengths as a stylist. Nunnally, an award-winning translator, retains the natural dialog and lyrical flow of the original Norwegian, with its echoes of Old Norse legends, while deftly avoiding the stilted language and false archaisms of Archer's translation. In addition, she restores key passages left out of that edition. Undset's ability to present a meticulously accurate historical portrait without sacrificing the poetry and narrative drive of masterful storytelling was particularly significant in her homeland. Granted independence in 1905 after five hundred years of foreign domination, Norway was eager to reclaim its national history and culture. Kristin Lavransdatter became a touchstone for Undset's contemporaries, and continues to be widely read by Norwegians today. In the more than 75 years since it was first published, it has also become a favorite throughout the world. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Stories and Ballads of the Far Past

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Publisher : Good Press
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Total Pages : 224 pages
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... The Medieval Popular Ballad

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Total Pages : 290 pages
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Download or read book ... The Medieval Popular Ballad written by Johannes Christoffer Hagemann Reinhardt Steenstrup and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad

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ISBN 13 : 9788200016540
Total Pages : 329 pages
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