UID:
almafu_9959238986702883
Format:
1 online resource (270 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4426-9267-7
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1-4426-8915-3
Series Statement:
Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series ; 4
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:
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.
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8020-9801-0
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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History.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
;
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.3138/9781442689152
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