Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

Name: Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
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ISBN: 9781405163675

ISBN-10: 1405163674

ISBN-13: 9781405163675

Edition: 2007

Authors: Rory McTurk, Katrina Attwood, Michael Barnes, Ulfar Bragason, Margaret Cormack

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A major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture, this text looks at the use made of Old Norse-Icelandic literature by modern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outside Scandinavia and sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its wider cultural context.

Book details

List price: $75.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/7/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 592
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 1.66" tall
Weight: 1.232



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