The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature
Author | : !518478149!International Saga Conference |
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Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : !518478149!International Saga Conference |
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Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Total Pages | : 562 |
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Author | : John McKinnell |
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Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fantastic, The, in literature |
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Author | : Carol J. Clover |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2019-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501741659 |
The current revival of interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Even readers with a knowledge of Old Norse and Icelandic have found these subjects difficult to pursue, however, for up-to-date reference works in any language are few and none exist in English. To fill the gap, six distinguished scholars have contributed ambitious new essays to this volume. The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: Eddie and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Taken together, their judicious and attractively written essays-each with a full bibliography-make up the first book-length survey of Old Norse literature in English and a basic reference work that will stimulate research in these areas and help to open up the field to a wider academic readership.
Author | : John McKinnell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fantastic, The, in literature |
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Author | : J. Friðriksdóttir |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2013-03-12 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1137118067 |
Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the most contested values of the period, revealing the anxieties of both the authors and audiences.
Author | : Margaret Clunies Ross |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2010-10-28 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1139492640 |
The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
Author | : Kirsten Wolf |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442646217 |
With The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlistThe Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose.
Author | : William R. Short |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 285 |
Release | : 2010-03-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786447273 |
The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
Author | : Agneta Ney |
Publisher | : Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fornaldarsögur Norðrlanda |
ISBN | : 8763525798 |