Description: 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.
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EAN: 9780521735209
UPC: 9780521735209
ISBN: 9780521735209
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Book Title: The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelan
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
Publication Name: Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga
Language: English
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subject: Medieval, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2010
Item Height: 0.5 in
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.9 in
Author: Margaret Clunies Ross
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature Ser.
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
