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The rewriting of Njáls saga : translation, ideology, and Icelandic sagas

Title
The rewriting of Njáls saga : translation, ideology, and Icelandic sagas / Jón Karl Helgason.
Author
Jón Karl Helgason, 1965-
Publication
Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, 1999.

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Description
vi, 175 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
The Rewriting of Njals saga concerns itself with the process which enables literary texts to cross cultures and endure history. Through six interrelated case studies, Jon Karl Helgason focuses on the reception of Njals saga, the most distinguished of the Icelandic sagas, in Britain, the United States, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, between 1861 and 1945. The editions and translations in question claim to represent a medieval narrative to their audience, but Helgason emphasizes how these texts simultaneously reflect the rewriters(1) contemporary ideas about race, culture, politics and poetics. Introducing the principles of comparative Translation Studies to the field of Medieval Literature, Helgason's book identifies the dialogue between literary (re)production and society.
Series Statement
Topics in translation ; 16
Uniform Title
Topics in translation ; 16.
Subject
  • Njáls saga > Translations > History and criticism
  • Njáls saga > Appreciation > Foreign countries
  • Njáls saga
  • Art appreciation
  • Translations
  • Übersetzung
  • Rezeption
  • Literatuurreceptie
  • Njáls saga (anoniem)
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-169) and index.
Contents
Pt. I. Njals Saga in Motion -- 1. The Tradition of Forking Paths: A Brief History of Njals Saga -- Pt. II. Njals Saga in English -- 2. The Victorian Tour: Tourism and Teutonism -- 3. 'American' Heroes: Abridgement and Immigration -- Pt. III. Njals Saga in Danish -- 4. On Danish Borders: Rewriting and Censorship -- 5. Norwegian Liberation: Language and Nationality -- Pt. IV. Njals Saga in Icelandic -- 6. Icelandic Saga Laws: Patronage and Politics -- 7. Intersections: Njals Saga and Urban Development.
ISBN
  • 1853594571
  • 9781853594571
LCCN
99031270
OCLC
  • ocm41347096
  • 41347096
  • SCSB-1237423
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library