UID:
almafu_9959328898702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 567 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
ISBN:
140513738X
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9781405137386
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9780631235026
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0631235027
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9781280198694
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1280198699
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9786610198696
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6610198691
Serie:
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 31
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Maps; Introduction; 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society; 2 Christian Biography; 3 Christian Poetry; 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times; 5 Eddic Poetry; 6 Family Sagas; 7 Geography and Travel; 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400; 9 Historiography and Pseudo-History; 10 Language; 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygisögur); 12 Late Secular Poetry; 13 Laws; 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography; 15 Metre and Metrics; 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders
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17 Pagan Myth and Religion18 The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature; 19 Prose of Christian Instruction; 20 Rhetoric and Style; 21 Romance (Translated riddarasögur); 22 Royal Biography; 23 Runes; 24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research; 25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsögur); 26 Short Prose Narrative (þáttr); 27 Skaldic Poetry; 28 Social Institutions; 29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005 ISBN 0631235027
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
DOI:
10.1002/9780470996867
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996867
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470996867
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