Format:
XIV, 193 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2012 Online-Ressource Cambridge books online
ISBN:
9780521735209
,
9780521514019
Series Statement:
Cambridge introductions to literature
Content:
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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511763274
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521514019
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ross, Margaret Clunies, 1942 - The Cambridge introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 ISBN 0521735203
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521514010
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521735209
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521514019
Language:
English
Subjects:
Scandinavian Studies
Keywords:
Altnordisch
;
Saga
;
Altisländisch
;
Saga
;
Lehrbuch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511763274
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