When Skalds Say ‘Ma’am’

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dc.contributor.authorFrank, Roberta
dc.contributor.editorHouliston,Victor
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-03T12:13:15Z
dc.date.available2019-09-03T12:13:15Z
dc.date.created2005
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe professional poets of medieval Norway and Iceland composed for great kings and warriors, fixing memory in stanzas that would outlast time. In the rituals of our academy, official praise can take the form of a Festschrift, in which the scholar so honoured finds her accomplishments sung by all and sundry, powerless to dam the flow or prevent familiar mention of her name. Rules of address are particularly tricky. Think of Emily Dickinson’s calling on God: Papa Above! Regard a Mouse. Early eleventh-century skalds preferred extended apostrophes, and I shall follow their lead. ‘Architect of enduring works, gem of the Witwatersrand, the riven granite, scaler of the citadel of Milton and Blake, guardian of Chaucerian rampart and ditch, nourisher of the perennial conference groves, pie-master, wordwizard, mother of four, launcher of a thousand smiles, beautiful, deep-minded prop of the headdress (=woman), Eugenie R. Freed, you rule OK.’ ‘I liked that,’ said Ellie, ‘sing it again.’
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dc.description.urihttps://sasmars.wordpress.com/sasmars-journal/
dc.identifier.issn1017-3455
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.sasmars.wordpress.com
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12430/549110
dc.journal.titleSouthern African Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
dc.journal.volume15
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherThe Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (SASMARS)
dc.subjectMiddle Ages -- Periodicals.en_ZA
dc.subjectRenaissance -- Periodicals.
dc.subjectMiddle Ages.
dc.subjectRenaissance.
dc.titleWhen Skalds Say ‘Ma’am’
dc.typeJournal Article
local.PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Braamfontein , Johannesburg
local.dctitlejournal.AbbreviationSAJMRS
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