The Elder Edda and Ancient Scandinavian Drama
Three figures: (I) from a helmet found at Vendel, (2 and 3) from a bronze plate, Torslunda….. Frontispeice
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Chapter | Page |
| I. The Eddic Problem | 1 |
| II. The Edda Poems | 18 |
| III. The Edda Poems in
relation to other early Scandinavian verse | 28 |
| IV. The Chant-metre Poems | 44 |
| V. Mythological Poems
in Old-Lore Metre (Excursus. Thrym's Lay, p. 65) | 58 |
| VI. Lost Poems in Chant-metre
| 74 |
| VII. Icelandic Tradition
and the Norwegian Poems | 82 |
| VIII. Characteristics
of Norwegian Eddic Poetry Traces of Popular Origin | 88 |
| IX. Characteristics of
Norwegian Eddic Poetry (cont.) The Prose Comments | 100 |
| X. Characteristics of
Norwegian Eddic Poetry (cont.) | |
| I.
Stock Scenes | 111 |
| II.
Theriomorphic Personages and Disguise | 115 |
| XI. Evidence for Indigenous
Drama in Scandinavia | 118 |
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XII. Plots of the Eddic
Dramas | 128 |
| XIII. Plots of the Eddic
Dramas (cont.) The Ritual Marriages | 137 |
| XIV. Plots of the Eddic
Dramas (cont.) The Fertility Drama | 144 |
| XV. Characters of the
Fertility Drama | 160 |
| XVI. Actors and Authors.
The Chorus. The Scene | 176 |
| XVII. The Beginnings of
Tragedy. The Greek Analogy | 191 |
| XVIII. Conclusion | 199 |
| Index | 213 |
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