A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: McTurk, Rory

• Format: PDF

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

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405137386
• Artikelnr.: 38283989

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 loðbrókar and its Major Scandinavian Analogues (1991) and Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds (2005), and has translated Kormáks saga for the Penguin Sagas of Warrior-Poets (2002).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors viii
Maps xii
Introduction 1
Rory McTurk
1 Archaeology of Economy and Society 7
Orri Vésteinsson
2 Christian Biography 27
Margaret Cormack
3 Christian Poetry 43
Katrina Attwood
4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times 64
Jón Karl Helgason
5 Eddic Poetry 82
Terry Gunnell
6 Family Sagas 101
Vésteinn Ólason
7 Geography and Travel 119
Judith Jesch
8 Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400 136
Helgi Þorláksson
9 Historiography and Pseudo-History 155
Stefanie Würth
10 Language 173
Michael Barnes
11 Late Prose Fiction (lygisögur) 190
Matthew Driscoll
12 Late Secular Poetry 205
Shaun Hughes
13 Laws 223
Gudmund Sandvik and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
14 Manuscripts and Palaeography 245
Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson
15 Metre and Metrics 265
Russell Poole
16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders 285
Gísli Sigurðsson
17 Pagan Myth and Religion 302
Peter Orton
18 The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature
320
Andrew Wawn
19 Prose of Christian Instruction 338
Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
20 Rhetoric and Style 354
Þórir Óskarsson
21 Romance (Translated riddarasögur) 372
Jürg Glauser
22 Royal Biography 388
Ármann Jakobsson
23 Runes 403
Patrik Larsson
24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research 427
Úlfar Bragason
25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsögur) 447
Torfi H. Tulinius
26 Short Prose Narrative (þáttr) 462
Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris
27 Skaldic Poetry 479
Diana Whaley
28 Social Institutions 503
Gunnar Karlsson
29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas 518
Judy Quinn
Index 536

Rezensionen

"In a series that already has a large number and wide range ofexcellent titles to its credit, I would venture opinion that thisvolume is one of its best...we have here a major publication ofconsiderable value, not to mention its intrinsic interest.Obviously it will be a necessary acquisition for any specialistcollection and for any academic collection where aspects of OldNorse literature and culture may be needed...this will also be auseful addition to major general collections."
Reference Reviews

"...its chapters are crammed full to bursting with facts andfigures, references to primary and secondary sources, swiftoverviews of past scholarship, and (very importantly) presentdebates. This is ostensibly a reference book, to be consulted onparticular issues and subjects. But as with all the bestencyclopedias...browsing becomes addictive...Mc Turk's Companion toOld Norse-Icelandic Studies is a great resource for the scholar orgraduate student who may think, mistakenly, that he or she isfamiliar with this field."
The Review of English Studies

"No one could read the volume and not learn something, indeed agreat deal"
TLS

"A comprehensive guide to Old Norse-Icelandic literaturewhich functions as a basic reference work for scholars inneighboring disciplines, a reliable introduction for students, andan interesting and informative read for Old Norse scholars ...a remarkable achievement and a valuable resource."
Carolyne Larrington, St John's College, Modern LanguageReview