McTurk

Comp to Old Norse Lit

Ed. by Rory McTurk

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic 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 Norse-Icelandic 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 Norse-Icelandic literature is used by modern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outside Scandinavia
Sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its wider cultural context

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 1040g
• ISBN-13: 9781405163675
• ISBN-10: 1405163674
• Artikelnr.: 22722480

Autorenporträt

Rory McTurk is Professor of Icelandic Studies at the University of Leeds. Previously he has taught at the Universities of Lund and Copenhagen and at University College, Dublin. He is the author of Studies in Ragnars saga lo?br3/4kar and its Major Scandinavian Analogues (1991) and Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds (2005), and has translated Kormßks saga for the Penguin Sagas of Warrior-Poets (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors. Maps. Introduction. (Rory McTurk). 1. Archaeology of
Economy and Society. (Orri Vesteinsson). 2. Christian Biography. (Margaret
Cormack). 3. Christian Poetry. (Katrina Attwood). 4. Continuity? The
Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times. (Jon Karl Helgason). 5. Eddic
Poetry. (Terry Gunnell). 6. Family Sagas (Vestinn Olason). 7. Geography and
Travel. (Judith Jesch). 8. Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400. (Helgi
Porlaksson). 9. Historiography and Pseudo-History. (Stefanie Wurth). 10.
Language. (Michael Barnes). 11. Late Prose Fiction (lygisogur). Matthew
Drisoll). 12. Late Secular Poetry. (Shaun Hughes). 13. Laws. (Gudmund
Sandvik and Jon Vidar Sigurdsson). 14. Manuscripts and Palaeography.
(Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson). 15. Metre and Metrics. (Russel Poole). 16.
Orality and Literacy in the Sagas o Icelanders. (Gisli Sigurdsson). 17.
Pagan Myth and religion. (Peter Orton). 18. The Post-Medieval Reception of
Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature. (Andrew Wawn). 19. Prose of
Christian Instruction. (Svanhildur Oskardottir). 20. Rhetoric and Style.
(Porir Oskarsson). 21. Romance (Translated riddarasogur). (Jurg Glauser).
22. Royal Biography. (Armann Jakobsson). 23. Runes. (Patrick Larsson). 24.
Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga):Texts and Research. (Ulfar
Bragason). 25. Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (Fornaldarsogur). (Torfi H.
Tulinius). 26. Short Prose Narrative (pattr). (Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and
Joseph Harris). 27. Skaldic Poetry. (Diana Whaley). 28. Social
Institutions. (Gunnar Karlsson). 29. Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas.
Judy Quinn). Index.