A Playful Text and a Text Full of Play
Examples of Ludic Elements in and around the Prose Edda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21802576 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pernille Hermann (0000-0001-7724-0588, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Pages | 121-139 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Viking and Medieval Scandinavia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1782-7183 • E-ISSN: 2030-9902 |
| Publisher | Brepols Publishers NV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1484/j.vms.5.142573 |
| OpenAlex | W4407744313 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article argues that play is prioritized and placed centrally in the Prose Edda. It shows that this medieval text engages with play both on a metacommunicative level and in the stories it tells. It points out that the actual subject matter of the Prose Edda, skaldic poetry, is a serious mode of expression which contains several play-elements. The article draws on theories of play (Huizinga, Caillois, Sutton-Smith, Classen) and investigates how various definitions of play can help us to qualify and explain play as a complex and ambiguous phenomenon in a particular textual and historical setting
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Historical Studies of British Isles · Linguistics and language evolution · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |