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Total Pages | : 567 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : John McKinnell |
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Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fantastic, The, in literature |
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Author | : !518478149!International Saga Conference |
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Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2006 |
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Author | : Carol J. Clover |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2019-06-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501741659 |
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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 |
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Total Pages | : 566 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fantastic, The, in literature |
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Author | : William H. Norman |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2021-07-29 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1000415805 |
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This book explores accounts in the Sagas of Icelanders of encounters with foreign peoples, both abroad and in Iceland, who are portrayed according to stereotypes which vary depending on their origins. Notably, inhabitants of the places identified in the sagas as Írland, Skotland and Vínland are portrayed as being less civilized than the Icelanders themselves. This book explores the ways in which the Íslendingasögur emphasize this relative barbarity through descriptions of diet, material culture, style of warfare and character. These characteristics are discussed in relation to parallel descriptions of Icelandic characters and lifestyle within the Íslendingasögur, and also in the context of a tradition in contemporary European literature, which portrayed the Icelanders themselves as barbaric. Comparisons are made with descriptions of barbarians in classical Roman texts, primarily Sallust, but also Caesar and Tacitus, showing striking similarities between Roman and Icelandic ideas about barbarians.
Author | : Agneta Ney |
Publisher | : Museum Tusculanum Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Fornaldarsögur Norðrlanda |
ISBN | : 8763525798 |
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Author | : John McKinnell |
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Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fantastic, The, in literature |
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Author | : Kirsten Wolf |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2013-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1442646217 |
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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 | : Heather O'Donoghue |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2004-02-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0631236252 |
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From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland. Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed. Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.