The Manuscripts of Hrólfs Saga Kraka
Author: Desmond Slay
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 190
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The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf
Author: Oscar Ludvig Olson
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-09-04
Total Pages: 124
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf" (A Contribution To The History Of Saga Development In England And The / Scandinavian Countries) by Oscar Ludvig Olson. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur to Beowulf
Author: Oscar Ludvig Olson
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Published: 1916
Total Pages: 120
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKHeroic Sagas and Ballads
Author: Stephen A. Mitchell
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2018-10-18
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1501735977
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking age, although the stories, the tellers, and the audiences are clearly concerned with exactly this period of Scandinavian history. Viewing these sagas as the products of highly diverse forms of inspiration and creation—some oral, some written—Mitchell explores their aesthetic and social dimensions, demonstrating their function both as entertainment and as a literature with a more serious purpose, one with deep roots in Nordic literary consciousness. The traditions that these sagas relate possessed an importance beyond the temporal and geographical confines of medieval Iceland, and Heroic Sagas and Ballads considers the process by which these heroic materials were subsequently recast as metrical romances in Iceland and as ballads throughout the rest of Scandinavia. It is ultimately concerned with much more than just those stories that inspired such modern writers as Richard Wagner and H. Rider Haggard; its anthropological and folkloric approach to the legendary sagas shows how the extraliterary dimensions of medieval texts can be explored. Heroic Sagas and Ballads addresses issues of central importance to medievalists, folklorists, comparatists, Scandinavianists, and students of the ballad.
Kinship in Old Norse Myth and Legend
Author: Katherine Marie Olley
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2022-07-19
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1843846373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin.
Medieval Outlaws
Author: Thomas H. Ohlgren
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 9781932559620
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescription Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Dillinger, and Al Capone were all are criminals who robbed and killed, yet they were considered good outlaws, celebrated in sensational newspapers, newsreels, and dime novels of the day, and later in film and television, for their daring, courage, loyalty, and even chivalry. Our fascination with criminal heroes has a long history, extending back to legendary accounts in medieval chronicle, romance, and ballad. Although their names may not be familiar-Earl Godwin, Hereward, Eustache the Monk, Fouke Fitz Waryn, n Bow-Bender, Gamelyn, Owain Glyndwr, William of Cloudesley, and William Wallace-these outlaws, in addition to Robin Hood, were all driven to lives of crime as victims of political intrigue or legal injustice. They committed capital crimes punishable by death, but, paradoxically, they were loved, encouraged, and supported by their communities. This revised and expanded edition of Medieval Outlaws gathers twelve outlaw tales, introduced and freshly translated into Modern English by a team of specialists, including Timothy S. Jones, Michael Swanton, Thomas E. Kelly, Mica Gould, Stephen Knight, Shaun F. D. Hughes, Alexander L. Kaufman, Thomas H. Ohlgren, Thomas Hahn, and Walter Scheps. The tales range in date from the Norman Conquest to the sixteenth century. Introductions precede each selection and notes identify all of the significant names, places, and historical events mentioned in the texts. Accessible and entertaining, these tales will be of interest to the general reader and student alike. About the Editor Thomas H. Ohlgren is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Purdue University and is the author of numerous books and articles on medieval manuscripts and literature.
The Edda
Author: R.J. Glendinning
Publisher: Univ. of Manitoba Press
Published: 1983-12-01
Total Pages: 323
ISBN-13: 0887550363
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTwelve essays are presented by outstanding authorities in Nordic medieval studies and range from treatment of broad aspects of the Edda, to consideration of single poems, to analysis of parts of specific works. An attactive and important collection for every scholar of Old Scandinavian.
Meeting the Other in Norse Myth and Legend
Author: John McKinnell
Publisher: DS Brewer
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9781843840428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClose examination of the significant theme of other-worldly encounters in Norse myth and legend, including giantesses, monsters and the Dead. A particular, recurring feature of Old Norse myths and legends is an encounter between creatures of This World [gods and human beings] and those of the Other [giants, giantesses, dwarves, prophetesses, monsters and the dead]. Concentrating on cross-gendered encounters, this book analyses these meetings, and the different motifs and situations they encompass, from the consultation of a prophetess by a king or god, to sexual liaisons and return from the dead. It considers the evidence for their pre-Christian origins, discusses how far individual poets and prose writers were free to modify them, and suggests that they survived in medieval Christian society because [like folk-tale] they provide a non-dogmatic way of resolving social and psychological problems connected with growing up, succession from one generation to the next, sexual relationships and bereavement.
Oral Art Forms and Their Passage Into Writing
Author: Else Mundal
Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 249
ISBN-13: 8763505045
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe present collection examines the complex interrelationship between the oral and the written and the problems of textualisation.
Authorities in the Middle Ages
Author: Sini Kangas
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2013-04-30
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 3110294567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMedievalists reading and writing about and around authority-related themes lack clear definitions of its actual meanings in the medieval context. Authorities in the Middle Ages offers answers to this thorny issue through specialized investigations. This book considers the concept of authority and explores the various practices of creating authority in medieval society. In their studies sixteen scholars investigate the definition, formation, establishment, maintenance, and collapse of what we understand in terms of medieval struggles for authority, influence and power. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume resonates with the multi-faceted field of medieval culture, its social structures, and forms of communication. The fields of expertise include history, legal studies, theology, philosophy, politics, literature and art history. The scope of inquiry extends from late antiquity to the mid-fifteenth century, from the Church Fathers debating with pagans to the rapacious ghosts ruining the life of the living in the Sagas. There is a special emphasis on such exciting but understudied areas as the Balkans, Iceland and the eastern fringes of Scandinavia.
