Myth and Fiction in Early Norse Lands
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Variorum Collected Studies
ISBN-10
0860785459
ISBN-13
9780860785453
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Variorum
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 29th, 1996
Print length
327 Pages
Weight
584 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 16.30 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
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A collection of essays on the inheritance of verse and prose from the early Norse lands. They look at how Norse literature has been influenced by the communities with whom they came into contact, and the mythological allusion in Eddic and scaldic poetry.
The first group of essays in this volume explores the links between early Norse literature, from the 9th to the 13th century, and the learned world of medieval Europe. In the second group the focus is upon the range of theme and style in Norse mythological poetry. Some of the key texts are considered in relation to Anglo-Saxon poetry as well as to the wider and more archaic Indo-European cultural inheritance. The third group offers detailed analyses of early Norse heroic poetry, of the formatic role of verse in the Icelandic sagas and of the final perfecting of prose as the ultimate saga medium. The 16 essays, taken together, are essential reading for all scholars, critics and historians who seek to understand the development of one of the world''s most unusual and sophisticated literatures.
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