Between body and soul in Old Norse literature : emotions and the mutability of form / by Marie Novotná.

What did the body mean for inhabitants of the medieval Norse-speaking world? How was the physical body viewed? Where did the boundary lie between corporality and the psychological or spiritual aspects of humanity? And how did such an understanding tie in with popular literary motifs such as shape-sh...

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Main Author:	Novotná, Marie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Turnhout, Belgium] : Brepols, [2024]
Series:	Studies in Viking and medieval Scandinavia ; v. 5.
Subjects:	Human body in literature. Old Norse literature > History and criticism. Corps humain dans la littérature. Littérature vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.