The Function of the Living Dead in Medieval Norse and Celtic Literature: Death and Desire - Softcover

Smith, Gregg A

 
9780773408173: The Function of the Living Dead in Medieval Norse and Celtic Literature: Death and Desire
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0773408177 ISBN 13: 9780773408173
Publisher: Em Texts, 2007

Synopsis

This study examines the nature and function of the dead in medieval Norse and Celtic literature. It is demonstrated that agents of the living dead in these literatures have a functional and formulaic role, largely manifested as a process of wish-fulfillment. While the authors of these stories provide resonances of past beliefs regarding the dead, they also appear to have adapted these ideas for their own purposes in order to involve the dead as role-players in their stories. This book contains 11 color photographs.

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Publisher
Em Texts
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0773408177
ISBN 13 
9780773408173
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
196

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