Whoops, there isn’t actually any room left. Sorry for the lack of updates, but the semester is starting and I’ve been pretty busy. I’m excited to finally teach Norse Mythology after dancing around it so long (I’ve taught several subjects close to it). Including this course, I think I will have taught every undergrad course [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Take my course!
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Norse Mythology on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What is a Viking?
Posted in Comics and Drawings, Philology, Scandinavian Studies on August 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I’m busy revising an old conference paper on the terms víkingr and víking. These are the terms from which our word “Viking” comes (yes, obvious, sorry), but the semantics of the Viking have not been completely stable through the centuries. Since I am spending all my time reading up on the subject, I may as [...]
New Edda Translation
Posted in Book Reviews and Recommendations, Norse Mythology, Old Norse Philology, Scandinavian Studies on August 11, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It pays to be the instructor of record. Penguin sent me a complimentary copy of Andy Orchard’s new translation of Poetic Edda, presumably hoping that I would switch it out for Larrington’s Oxford UP translation. It’s a bit late, so I think I will stick with Larrington for now, but I will probably put Orchard’s [...]
