In this blog post, I explored why ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ is regarded as a masterpiece of Decadent literature, and reflected on the meanings of beauty, desire, freedom, and decadence as revealed through the characters in the work. Decadent Literature and ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ Reading ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ prompted me to reconsider the...
How does Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda capture the truth of Germanic mythology?
In this blog post, I’ll briefly summarize how the origins and structure of the Prose Edda, combined with skaldic poetry and the historical context of Snorri’s time, worked together to preserve and pass down Germanic mythology. What is the Prose Edda? This book, commonly translated as ‘The Prose Edda’, was written by the medieval Icelandic scholar and poet Snorri Sturluson...