Annette Lassen
Biographic Data
| ID | 9612565 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Annette Lassen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Annette |
| FAMILY NAME | Lassen |
| SIGNATURE | LASSEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Wisdom of The North: Proverbial Allusion and Patterning in The Icelandic Saga
The monograph aims to elucidate how proverbs and proverbial material in Old Icelandic can enhance our understanding of these narratives. Rather than providing, as the author puts it, “a technical study of saga proverbs in their contexts” (p. x), he offers literary-critical examinations of several Sagas of Icelanders. These examinations illuminate the various ways in which proverbs were used by the saga writers, whom Harris terms the “composers” o…
Þrymskviða , Þrymlur , and Tord af Havsgaard —a Case of Early Antiquarianism
The eddic poems are, as is well known, only preserved in written form and can therefore only be studied via the written records. As Fidjestøl put it: “All poetry which is orally transmitted from the past can be known only in its written form after the process of oral transmission has ceased”1—even though oral transmission may continue again on the basis of written sources. Scholars have argued that it is possible to draw a distinction between the…
Unmännlichkeit in den Isländersagas: Zur narrativen Funktion von “ergi” und “níð.”
The monograph, a revised edition of Sebastian Thoma's dissertation which was accepted in 2020 at Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, explores the narrative mechanics of the concepts of ergi and níð in the Sagas of Icelanders. Ergi and níð are, as is well known, prevalent concepts in the Sagas of Icelanders. Níð is gross insults and attacks against a man's honor, usually allegations that a m…
Odin's Ways: A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature
This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god. This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the d…
Odin's Ways: A Guide to Odin in the Medieval World
Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives
Book Review| April 01 2019 Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell, and Jens Peter Schjødt, with Amber J. Rose. Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, 3. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. xx + 397; 28 illustrations. $29.95. Annette Lassen Annette Lassen University of Copenhagen Search for other works by this…
The Nordic Apocalypse: Approaches to Vǫluspá and Nordic Days of Judgement
This book, with roots in a conference held in Iceland in May 2008, contains a series of articles reflecting modern approaches to the text, context, and performance of the Old Norse poem Vǫluspá, perhaps the best known and most discussed of all the Eddic poems. Rather than attempting to cover Eddic or Skaldic poetry as a genre, the main aim of this book is to present an overview of the ‘state of the art’ with regard to one particular Eddic poem. I…
Nordic Apocalypse: Approaches to Voluspand Nordic Days of Judgement
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The Nordic Apocalypse: Approaches to Vǫluspá and Nordic Days of Judgement
This book, with roots in a conference held in Iceland in May 2008, contains a series of articles reflecting modern approaches to the text, context, and performance of the Old Norse poem Vǫluspá, perhaps the best known and most discussed of all the Eddic poems. Rather than attempting to cover Eddic or Skaldic poetry as a genre, the main aim of this book is to present an overview of the ‘state of the art’ with regard to one particular Eddic poem. I…
Nordic Apocalypse: Approaches to Voluspand Nordic Days of Judgement
Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives
Book Review| April 01 2019 Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives Old Norse Mythology—Comparative Perspectives. Edited by Pernille Hermann, Stephen A. Mitchell, and Jens Peter Schjødt, with Amber J. Rose. Publications of the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, 3. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2017. Pp. xx + 397; 28 illustrations. $29.95. Annette Lassen Annette Lassen University of Copenhagen Search for other works by this…
Odin's Ways: A Guide to the Pagan God in Medieval Literature
This book is about the Old Norse god Odin. It includes references to all occurrences of Odin in the Old Norse/Icelandic texts, including Saxo’s Gesta Danorum, the eddic poems, Snorri’s Edda, and Ynglinga saga and analyses the high medieval reception and literary representations of Odin rather than the religious character of the god. This is the only existing study of Odin in all the Old Norse/Icelandic texts and applies a contextual method: the d…
Odin's Ways: A Guide to Odin in the Medieval World
Þrymskviða , Þrymlur , and Tord af Havsgaard —a Case of Early Antiquarianism
The eddic poems are, as is well known, only preserved in written form and can therefore only be studied via the written records. As Fidjestøl put it: “All poetry which is orally transmitted from the past can be known only in its written form after the process of oral transmission has ceased”1—even though oral transmission may continue again on the basis of written sources. Scholars have argued that it is possible to draw a distinction between the…
Unmännlichkeit in den Isländersagas: Zur narrativen Funktion von “ergi” und “níð.”
The monograph, a revised edition of Sebastian Thoma's dissertation which was accepted in 2020 at Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, explores the narrative mechanics of the concepts of ergi and níð in the Sagas of Icelanders. Ergi and níð are, as is well known, prevalent concepts in the Sagas of Icelanders. Níð is gross insults and attacks against a man's honor, usually allegations that a m…
Wisdom of The North: Proverbial Allusion and Patterning in The Icelandic Saga
The monograph aims to elucidate how proverbs and proverbial material in Old Icelandic can enhance our understanding of these narratives. Rather than providing, as the author puts it, “a technical study of saga proverbs in their contexts” (p. x), he offers literary-critical examinations of several Sagas of Icelanders. These examinations illuminate the various ways in which proverbs were used by the saga writers, whom Harris terms the “composers” o…
Art (3 works) · History (3 works) · Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (2 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Old Norse (2 works)