Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 237 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
080144408X
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0801477824
,
0801460301
,
9780801444081
,
9780801477829
,
9780801460302
Series Statement:
Cornell paperbacks
Content:
"Theodore M. Andersson, a leading scholar of the Norse sagas, introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of political and historical propositions. Andersson emphasizes a historical perspective, establishing a chronology for seventeen of the most important sagas and showing how they evolve thematically and stylistically over the century under study. He revisits the long-standing debate about the oral and literary components of the sagas by arguing that there is a clear progression from the somewhat mechanical gathering of oral lore in the early sagas to an increasingly tight and authorially controlled composition in the later sagas."--Jacket
Content:
From hagiography to hero : Odd Snorrason's saga Olaf Tryggvason -- Sanctifying a Viking chieftain : the oldest/legendary saga of Saint Olaf -- Creating personalities : the saga age Icelanders -- Defining political identities : the saga of King Magnús and King Harald -- Political ambiguities : Egils saga Skallagrímssonar -- Turning inward : Ljósvetninga saga -- Gilding an age : Laxdola saga -- Two views of Icelandic history : Eyrbyggja saga and Vatnsdaela saga -- Pondering justice : Haensa-Þóris saga, Bandamanna saga, and Hrafnkels saga -- Demythologizing the tradition : Njáls saga
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Andersson, Theodore Murdock, 1934- Growth of the medieval Icelandic sagas (1180-1280) Ithaca, N.Y : Cornell University Press, ©2006
Language:
English
URL:
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Author information:
Andersson, Theodore M. 1934-
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