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    The Chronicle of Duke Erik: A Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden
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    The Chronicle of Duke Erik: A Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden

    By Eva Österberg

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    Written in the 14th century and enjoying a Swedish national status similar to the English Beowulf, this fascinating tale with many levels of meaning reflects the ideals of politics and aesthetics typical of the age of chivalry. The rhyming verses are accompanied by prose renditions and commentary, making the work enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in medieval texts. A valuable source for the scholarly disciplines of comparative literature and poetics, this genuine piece of Scandinavian history contains intriguing dichotomies between center and periphery, male and female, and Christian and heathen.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNordic Academic Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2012
    ISBN9789187121333
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    The Chronicle of Duke Erik: A Verse Epic from Medieval Sweden
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    Eva Österberg

    Eva Österberg is a professor emerita in history at Lund University in Sweden and the former vice president of the International Committee of Historic Sciences. She is the author of Friendship and Love, Ethics and Politics: Studies in Medieval and Early Modern History.

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    • 3/5
      Seems like it has the poem on one page and then a prose retelling of the poem on the next, but is out of alignment so it looks like constant repetition and like it is weirdly flopping back and forth between poetry and prose. The prose is not pleasant to read in any way, but I'm enjoying the poem so far.