Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

Author: Carol J. Clover

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-06-30

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 1501741659

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The current revival of interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Even readers with a knowledge of Old Norse and Icelandic have found these subjects difficult to pursue, however, for up-to-date reference works in any language are few and none exist in English. To fill the gap, six distinguished scholars have contributed ambitious new essays to this volume. The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: Eddie and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Taken together, their judicious and attractively written essays-each with a full bibliography-make up the first book-length survey of Old Norse literature in English and a basic reference work that will stimulate research in these areas and help to open up the field to a wider academic readership.


A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

Author: Rory McTurk

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-03-11

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 140513738X

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This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culturedemonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language andculture from medieval to modern times. Comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in thefield Reflects current debates among Old Norse-Icelandicscholars Pays attention to previously neglected areas of study, such asthe sagas of Icelandic bishops and the fantasy sagas Looks at the ways Old Norse-Icelandic literature is used bymodern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outsideScandinavia Sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its widercultural context


The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga

The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga

Author: Margaret Clunies Ross

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-28

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1139492640

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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.


Old Icelandic Literature and Society

Old Icelandic Literature and Society

Author: Margaret Clunies Ross

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2000-09-21

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 0521631122

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The first comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature set within its social and cultural context.


Masculinities in Old Norse Literature

Masculinities in Old Norse Literature

Author: Gareth Lloyd Evans

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2020-07-17

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1843845628

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Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic literature has been understudied. This is a neglect which this volume aims to rectify. The essays collected here introduce and analyse a spectrum of masculinities, from the sagas of Icelanders, contemporary sagas, kings' sagas, legendary sagas, chivalric sagas, bishops' sagas, and eddic and skaldic verse, producing a broad and multifaceted understanding of what it means to be masculine in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. A critical introduction places the essays in their scholarly context, providing the reader with a concise orientation in gender studies and the study of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature. This book's investigation of how masculinities are constructed and challenged within a unique literature is all the more vital in the current climate, in which Old Norse sources are weaponised to support far-right agendas and racist ideologies are intertwined with images of vikings as hypermasculine. This volume counters these troubling narratives of masculinity through explorations of Old Norse literature that demonstrate how masculinity is formed, how it is linked to violence and vulnerability, how it governs men's relationships, and how toxic models of masculinity may be challenged.


Old Norse-Icelandic Studies

Old Norse-Icelandic Studies

Author: Hans Bekker-Nielsen

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 1967-12-15

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 1442633492

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An annotated bibliography of Old Norse-Icelandic studies for the years 1981-83, offering a quick guide to recent work.


Discourse in Old Norse Literature

Discourse in Old Norse Literature

Author: Eric Shane Bryan

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1843845970

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An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.


The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature

The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature

Author: Mikael Males

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2019-12-16

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 3110643936

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This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the apparent paradox that an extremely conservative form of literature, namely skaldic poetry, was at the core of the most innovative literary and intellectual experiments in the period. The book argues that this cannot simply be explained as a result of strong local traditions, as in most previous scholarship. Thus, for instance, the author demonstrates that the mix of prose and poetry found in kings’ sagas and sagas of Icelanders is roughly contemporary to the written sagas. Similarly, he argues that treatises on poetics and mythology, including Snorri’s Edda, are new to the period, not only in their textual form, but also in their systematic mode of analysis. The book contends that what is truly new in these texts is the method of the authors, derived from Latin learning, but applied to traditional forms and motifs as encapsulated in the skaldic tradition. In this way, Christian Latin learning allowed for its perceived opposite, vernacular oral literature of pagan extraction, to reach full fruition and to largely replace the very literature which had made this process possible in the first place.


Women in Old Norse Literature

Women in Old Norse Literature

Author: J. Friðriksdóttir

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 1137118067

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Old Norse texts offer different ideas about what it is to be female, presenting women in diverse social and economic positions. This book analyzes female characters in medieval Icelandic saga literature, and demonstrates how they engaged with some of the most contested values of the period, revealing the anxieties of both the authors and audiences.


Cultural Legacies of Old Norse Literature

Cultural Legacies of Old Norse Literature

Author: Dustin Geeraert

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2022-08-23

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1843846381

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The cultural and literary legacy of medieval Iceland, with its roots in Norse heathen religion, heroic literature, and Viking Age history, is the focus of this volume. Its chapters examine the history and reception of a particular text or topic within this remarkable tradition. They treat a number of topics, including the legendary dragon-slayer Sigurd, the many personas of the mysterious god Odin, aspects of the ancient mythology of gods and giants, the early settlement of Iceland, the defiant Viking warriors known as the "Sworn Brothers", the entrepreneurial role of cloth production in medieval Scandinavia, the codicology and book history of key literary works, the many references to medieval Nordic lore in modern fiction and poetry, and the cultural position of islands such as Iceland in relation to the ebb and flow of religions, institutions and empires. Reconsidering these areas of Old Norse-Icelandic literary culture reveals the striking resilience and adaptability of its traditions, through a startling variety of transformations.