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Verfasst von:Ármann Jakobsson [VerfasserIn]   i
Titel:The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North
Verlagsort:Earth, Milky Way
Verlag:punctum books
Jahr:2017
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (244 p.)
Schrift/Sprache:English
ISBN:978-1-947447-01-1
Abstract:What do medieval Icelanders mean when they say “troll”? What did they see when they saw a troll? What did the troll signify to them? And why did they see them? The principal subject of this book is the Norse idea of the troll, which the author uses to engage with the larger topic of paranormal experiences in the medieval North. The texts under study are from 13th-, 14th-, and 15th-century Iceland. The focus of the book is on the ways in which paranormal experiences are related and defined in these texts and how those definitions have framed and continue to frame scholarly interpretations of the paranormal. The book is partitioned into numerous brief chapters, each with its own theme. In each case the author is not the least concerned with how the paranormal functions within medieval society and in the minds of the individuals who encounter and experience it and go on to narrate these experiences through intermediaries. The author connects the paranormal encounter closely with fears and these fears are intertwined with various aspects of the human experience, including gender, family ties, and death. The Troll Inside You hovers over the boundaries of scholarship and literature. Its aim is to prick and provoke but above all to challenge its audience to reconsider some of their preconceived ideas about the medieval past
URL:kostenfrei: Verlag: https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27562
 20.500.12854/27562
Datenträger:Online-Ressource
Sprache:eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Ármann Jakobsson, 1970-: Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North. - 1st edition. - (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015) |(DLC)2017945423
Sach-SW:Norse religion & mythology
 Surnaturel dans la littérature
 Littérature vieux norroise - Histoire et critique
 Trolls
 Old Norse literature
 Supernatural in literature
 Trolls
 Criticism, interpretation, etc
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