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Author : Margaret Clunies Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521631129
The first comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature set within its social and cultural context.
Author : Margaret Clunies Ross
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139492645
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.
Author : Jenny Jochens
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801455957
Jenny Jochens captures in fascinating detail the lives of women in pagan and early Christian Iceland and Norway—their work, sexual behavior, marriage customs, reproductive practices, familial relations, leisure activities, religious practices, and legal constraints and protections. Women in Old Norse Society places particular emphasis on changing sexual mores and the impact of Christianity as imposed by the clergy and Norwegian kings. It also demonstrates the vital role women played in economic production.
Author : Rory McTurk
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405137386
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
Author : Medieval Academy of America
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802038239
"In the past few decades, 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. Until the 1980s, however, there was a distinct lack of scholarship in English that synthesized the critical trends and thinking in the field, so in 1985 Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together several of the most distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally provide a comprehensive guide to the major genres of Old Norse-Icelandic literature." "The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: eddic and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Their essays, each with a full bibliography, make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English - a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readership." "This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and now, twenty years after its first appearance, it is being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field."
Author : Carol J. Clover,John Lindow
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501741654
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.
Author : William Ian Miller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226526829
Dubbed by the New York Times as "one of the most sought-after legal academics in the county," William Ian Miller presents the arcane worlds of the Old Norse studies in a way sure to attract the interest of a wide range of readers. Bloodtaking and Peacemaking delves beneath the chaos and brutality of the Norse world to discover a complex interplay of ordering and disordering impulses. Miller's unique and engaging readings of ancient Iceland's sagas and extensive legal code reconstruct and illuminate the society that produced them. People in the saga world negotiated a maze of violent possibility, with strategies that frequently put life and limb in the balance. But there was a paradox in striking the balance—one could not get even without going one better. Miller shows how blood vengeance, law, and peacemaking were inextricably bound together in the feuding process. This book offers fascinating insights into the politics of a stateless society, its methods of social control, and the role that a uniquely sophisticated and self-conscious law played in the construction of Icelandic society. "Illuminating."—Rory McTurk, Times Literary Supplement "An impressive achievement in ethnohistory; it is an amalgam of historical research with legal and anthropological interpretation. What is more, and rarer, is that it is a pleasure to read due to the inclusion of narrative case material from the sagas themselves."—Dan Bauer, Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Author : Heather O'Donoghue
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470776834
From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland. Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed. Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
Author : Stefán Einarsson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781421435466
Originally published in 1957. Stefán Einarsson covers almost a thousand years of Icelandic literature in tracing the influence of the sagas and eddic poems. The book begins with background on Icelandic literature, outlining its literary roots in Scandinavia. Following this, Einarsson provides a thorough survey of Icelandic literature through the 1950s.
Author : J. Friðriksdóttir
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137118066
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.
Author : Ármann Jakobsson,Sverrir Jakobsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317041467
The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities. The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga scholarship over the last fifty years, sometimes juxtaposing it with earlier views and examining the sagas both as works of art and as source materials. This volume will be of interest to Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian scholars and accessible to medievalists in general.
Author : Massimiliano Bampi,Carolyne Larrington,Sif Rikhardsdottir
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary form
ISBN : 9781843845645
A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
Author : Eric Shane Bryan
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781843845973
An examination of what dialogues and direct speech in Old Norse literature can convey and mean, beyond their immediate face-value.
Author : Laurence de Looze,Jon Karl Helgason,Russell Poole,Torfi H. Tulinius
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781442621244
Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil’s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend. The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil’s story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory. Strikingly original, their essays will appeal not only to dedicated students of Old Norse-Icelandic literature but also to those working in the fields of Viking studies, comparative ethnology, and folklore.
Author : Gareth Lloyd Evans,Jessica Clare Hancock
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843845621
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.
