tirsdag 28. februar 2023

The Bridge of Fire - a poem by James Elroy Flecker

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  To close this month, I briefly give you the short version of James Ellroy Flecker's wonderful poem "The Bridge of Fire", of ...
søndag 26. februar 2023

Reading-spots, part 2

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  In the previous blogpost , I began a new series of posts which consists of short presentations of spots where I have had memorable reading...
lørdag 25. februar 2023

Reading-spots, part 1 - glimpses from a personal history of reading

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As I have spent more and more time reflecting on reading, I have also begun to dwell more on the various other aspects connected to the read...
lørdag 18. februar 2023

Technologies of memory - border markers in stone, then and now

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  Following the discovery of the Svingerud stone - labelled the oldest datable rune stone - my own fascination with runes has increased sig...
mandag 30. januar 2023

Unexpected consequences of saint scholarship

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  Most of my professional life revolves around saints and the imprint of their cult and veneration on society. As a consequence, I easily no...
lørdag 28. januar 2023

Some brief reflections on canon and genius

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Among the many bees in my professional bonnet is the issue of canon formation: how some works become singled out as being of particular valu...
søndag 22. januar 2023

The Svingerud stone - the world's oldest dateable rune stone

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  Yesterday I went to the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo to buy a book, and also to check whether the world's oldest dateable rune ...