The Cold Counsel The Women in Old Norse Literature and Myth

"Cold Counsel: The Women of Old Norse Literature and Myth" is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography, and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure, and ideology in medieval Iceland.

Cold Counsel is the only collection devoted to the place of women in Old Norse literature and culture. It draws upon the disciplines of history, sociology, feminism, ethnography and psychoanalysis in order to raise fresh questions about such new subjects as gender, class, sexuality, family structure and ideology in medieval Iceland.

Women and Insults in Old Norse Literature, Zoe Borovsky
Hildigunnr's Lament,Carol J. Clover
Women's Voices in Old Norse Literature: The Case of Trójummana Saga, Randi Eldevik
Taming the Shrew: The Rise of the Patriarchy and the Subjection of the Feminine in Old Norse Literature, Helga Kress
The Re-emergence of Women's Voices in Icelandic Literature, Shaun F. D. Hughes
Vikings Westward to Vínland: The Problem of Women, Jenny Jochens
Gender, Class, and Discourse in Prymskvida, Jón Karl Helgason
Fathers, Mothers, and Daughters, Marianne E. Kalinke
A Good Day's Work: Laxdoela Saga, Ch. 49, Jonna Louis-Jensen
Women's Counsel in the Riddarasögur: The Case of Parcevals Saga, F. Regina Psaki
The Woman Who Knows: Female Characters of Eyrbyggja Saga, Forrest S. Scott
Male Bonding, Female Body: The Absenting of Women in "Bisclaretz liód," Kerry Shea
Ambiguously Gendered: The Skalds Jórunn, Audr and Steinunn, Sandra Ballif Straubhaar
Women Outside: Discourse of Community in Hávamál, Karen Swenson
Saga World and Nineteenth-Century Iceland: The Case of Women Farmers, Tórunn Sigurdardóttir
Contributors

Sarah M. Anderson teaches in the Department of English at Princeton University, and Karen Swenson teaches at Virginia Tech University.