Troll sex: youth, old age, and the erotic in Old Norse-Icelandic narratives of the supernatural

Troll sex: youth, old age, and the erotic in Old Norse-Icelandic narratives of the supernatural

<p>In this thesis, I investigate representations of adolescent and elderly sexuality from throughout the medieval Icelandic saga corpus. To access expressions regarding these liminal sexualities, I pay particular attention to depictions of supernatural phenomena. Because of their distance from...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter:	Roby, MH
Andre forfattere:	O'Donoghue, H
Format:	Thesis
Sprog:	Old Norse English
Udgivet:	2019
Fag:	Monsters in literature Old age in art Old Norse literature Rape in literature Literature, Medieval Adolescence in literature Marriage Supernatural in literature Sagas Ghost stories Age of consent Sexual consent in literature Sex Youth in art Middle Ages Youth Old age Literature Sex in art Gender identity in art Gender Old Norse prose literature

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