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9781405137386

A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405137386

  • ISBN10:

    140513738X

  • Format: eBook
  • Copyright: 2008-03-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field Reflects current debates among Old Norse-Icelandic scholars Pays attention to previously neglected areas of study, such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and the fantasy sagas Looks at the ways Old Norse-Icelandic literature is used by modern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outside Scandinavia Sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its wider cultural context

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors
Maps
Introduction
Archaeology of Economy and Society
Christian Biography
Christian Poetry
Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times
Eddic Poetry
Family Sagas
Geography and Travel
Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400
Historiography and Pseudo-History
Language
Late Prose Fiction (lygisogur)
Late Secular Poetry
Laws
Manuscripts and Palaeography
Metre and Metrics
Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders
Pagan Myth and Religion
The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature
Prose of Christian Instruction
Rhetoric and Style
Romance (Translated riddarasogur)
Royal Biography
Runes
Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research
Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (Fornaldarsogur)
Short Prose Narrative (pattr)
Skaldic Poetry
Social Institutions
Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas
Index
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