Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
English
Date of Award
5-2018
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Thomas Crofts
Committee Members
Josh Reid, Fred Waage
Abstract
The mythology of migration is deeply integral to the medieval Germanic societies peopling Northern Europe and the island nations of the North Sea. Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic society construct their identities through a memory of migration that takes places within a frontier that is mythic and historical in scope. By surveying eco-critical components of Anglo-Saxon poems such as “The Wife’s Lament” and “The Husband’s Message” alongside the Icelandic sagas Egil’s saga and The Vinland sagas, a shared tradition of the frontier ideal is revealed.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Timbs, Adam E., "“All the Foundation of the Earth becomes Desolate” Tracing Icelandic and Anglo-Saxon connections through a Shared Literary Frontier" (2018). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3420. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3420
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.