Format:
Online Ressource (x, 257 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781442689152
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1442689153
Series Statement:
Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies
Content:
The paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorra saga Sturlusonar : a short biography of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorri at home : converting capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- Snorri abroad : Icelandic exploitation of cultural capital -- A poet in search of an audience : the diminishing prestige-value of skaldic poetry -- Haþttatal : beginning and end of the Edda -- Skáldskaparmaþl : salvaging the market for skaldic verse -- Gylfaginning and Formáli : myth, history, and theology -- Appendix : Kennings and Kennings-types in Haþttatal and explication in Skáldskaparmaþl.
Content:
Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index. - Includes some text in Old Norse
Additional Edition:
9780802098016
Additional Edition:
0802098010
Additional Edition:
9780802098016
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Wanner, Kevin J Snorri Sturluson and the Edda Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2008
Language:
English
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Old Norse
Keywords:
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