Siân E Grønlie

The Saint and the Saga Hero

Hagiography and Early Icelandic Literature

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A compelling argument that far from developing in a literary vacuum, saga literature interacts in lively, creative and critical ways with one of the central genres of the European middle ages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 771g
• ISBN-13: 9781843844815
• ISBN-10: 1843844818
• Artikelnr.: 48135364

Autorenporträt

SIÂN ELIZABETH GRØNLIE is Associate Professor and Kate Elmore Fellow in Medieval Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Saints' Lives and Sagas of Icelanders The Failed Saint: Oddr's
Óláfr Tryggvason The Confessor, the Martyr and the Convert The Noble
Heathen and the Missionary Saint The Outlaw, the Exile and the Desert Saint
The Saint as Friend and Patron Conclusion