2. Character and objectives of the present edition

Margaret Clunies Ross 2012, ‘Character and objectives of the present edition’ in Diana Whaley (ed.), Poetry from the Kings’ Sagas 1: From Mythical Times to c. 1035. Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages 1. Turnhout: Brepols [check printed volume for citation].

• subsections
• 2.1. A brief history of scholarship on skaldic poetry after the Middle Ages
• 2.2. History of the skaldic editing project’s database
• 2.3. Editorial methodology
• 2.4. Principles of translation
• 2.5. Editing and the skaldic database