Title
- Blackwell Companions To Literature And Culture ; 31
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edited by Rory McTurkPublication Details
BookBlackwell Pub2005Availability
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This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field, over a third of whom are Icelanders. Chapters on ‘archaeology’, ’social institutions’ and ‘geography and travel’ make it possible to view the literature in its wider cultural context while chapters on ‘reception’ and ‘continuity’ demonstrate the ways in which medieval Norse-Icelandic literature and culture overflow into the modern period. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
Notes
- "This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field, over a third of whom are Icelanders. At the same time, it conveys a sense of the mainland Scandinavian origins of the Icelandic people, and reflects the ongoing contact between Iceland and other countries and cultures." "The volume highlights current debates among Old Norse- Icelandic scholars specializing in different aspects of the subject. Coverage of traditional topics is complemented by material on previously neglected areas of study, such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and the translated knights’ sagas."–BOOK JACKET
Contents
- Introduction / Rory McTurk
- 1. Archaeology of economy and society / Orri Vesteinsson
- 2. Christian biography / Margaret Cormack
- 3. Christian poetry / Katrina Attwood
- 4. Continuity? : the Icelandic sagas in post-medieval times / Jon Karl Helgason
- 5. Eddic poetry / Terry Gunnell
- 6. Family sagas / Vesteinn Olason
- 7. Geography and travel / Judith Jesch
- 8. Historical background : Iceland 870-1400 / Helgi Thorlaksson
- 9. Historiography and pseudo-history / Stefanie Wurth
- 10. Language / Michael Barnes
- 11. Late prose fiction (lygisogur) / Matthew Driscoll
- 12. Late secular poetry / Shaun Hughes
- 13. Laws / Gudmund Sandvik and Jon Vidar Sigurdsson
- 14. Manuscripts and palaeography / Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson
- 15. Metre and metrics / Russell Poole
- 16. Orality and literacy in the sagas of Icelanders / Gisli Sigurdsson
- 17. Pagan myth and religion / Peter Orton
- 18. The post-medieval reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic literature / Andrew Wawn
- 19. Prose of Christian instruction / Svanhildur Oskarsdottir
- 20. Rhetoric and style / Thorir Oskarsson
- 21. Romance (translated riddarasogur) / Jurg Glauser
- 22. Royal biography / Armann Jakobsson
- 23. Runes / Patrick Larsson
- 24. Sagas of contemporary history (Sturlunga saga) : texts and research / Ulfar Bragason
- 25. Sagas of Icelandic prehistory (fornaldarsogur) / Torfi H. Tulinius
- 26. Short prose narrative (thattr) / Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris
- 27. Skaldic poetry / Diana Whaley
- 28. Social institutions / Gunnar Karlsson
- 29. Women in Old Norse poetry and sagas / Judy Quinn
ISBN
- 0631235027
- 9780631235026
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