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The Cambridge introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga
- Title
- The Cambridge introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga / Margaret Clunies Ross.
- Author
- Clunies Ross, Margaret.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 193 p. : map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "The medieval Norse-Icelandic 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 sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic 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 Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date 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"--
- Series Statement
- Cambridge introductions to literature
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge introductions to literature.
- Alternative Title
- Introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga
- Subject
- Sagas > History and criticism
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: A preface on practical issues; Glossary of technical terms; 1. Medieval Iceland; 2. What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga?; 3. The genesis of the Icelandic saga; 4. Saga chronology; 5. Saga subjects and settings; 6. Saga mode, style and point of view; 7. Saga structures; 8. The material record: how we know the sagas; 9. Changing understandings of the sagas; Guide to further reading; Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-1721
- ISBN
- 9780521514019 (hardback)
- 0521514010 (hardback)
- 9780521735209 (pbk.)
- 0521735203 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2010037675
- OCLC
- YBP 2010037675
- Author
- Clunies Ross, Margaret.
- Title
- The Cambridge introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga / Margaret Clunies Ross.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Series
- Cambridge introductions to literatureCambridge introductions to literature.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-1721