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From runic inscriptions to sagas this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old NorseIcelandic literature An introduction to the colourful world of Old NorseIcelandic literature Covers mythology and family sagas as well as less wellknown areas such as oral storytelling 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 OldNorseIcelandic 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 NorseIcelandic literature
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In the past few decades interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a great deal of interest in its background its origins social and historical context and relationship to other medieval literatures Until the 1980s however there was a distinct lack of scholarship in the area so in 1985 Carol J Clover and John Lindow brought together some of the most ambitious and distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally fill the void of a comprehensive guide to the fieldThe contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field eddic and skaldic poetry family and kings sagas courtly writing and mythology Taken together their judicious and wellwritten essays each with a full bibliography make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readershipThis volume has become an essential text for instructors and twenty years later is now being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching MART series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field
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This major survey of Old NorseIcelandic 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 NorseIcelandic 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 NorseIcelandic literature is used by modern writers artists and film directors both within and outside Scandinavia Sets Old NorseIcelandic language and literature in its wider cultural context
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Bodies and their role in cultural discourse have been a constant focus in the humanities and social sciences in recent years but comparatively few studies exist about Old NorseIcelandic or early Irish literature This study aims to redress this imbalance and presents carefully contextualised close readings of medieval texts The chapters focus on the role of bodies in mediality discourse in various contexts that of identity in relation to ideas about self and other of inscribed and marked skin and of natural bodily matters such as defecation urination and menstruation By carefully discussing the sources in their cultural contexts it becomes apparent that medieval Scandinavian and early Irish texts present their very own ideas about bodies and their role in structuring the narrated worlds of the texts The study presents one of the first systematic examinations of bodies in these two literary traditions in terms of body criticism and emphasises the ingenuity and complexity of medieval texts
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The medieval NorseIcelandic 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 subgenres including family sagas mythicalheroic 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 NorseIcelandic saga to be written in English for some decades the Introduction is based on uptodate 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
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This book records thirteenthcentury Old Norse versions of French chansons de gests lais and romances and indigenous fourteenthcentury Icelandic romances inspired by the foreign models The bibliography lists all know manuscripts both medieval and modern of the riddarasogur all editions whole and partial of these sagas and all books as well as selected reviews and articles that have been published pertaining to them
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