Ármann Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.

"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson1 Genre Massimiliano Bampi 2 Dating and Origins Chris Callow 3 Literacy Pernille Hermann4Ecclesiastical Literature and Hagiography Jonas Wellendorf5Courtly Literature Stefka G. Eriksen 6Indigenous andLatin LiteratureAnnette Lassen7History and FictionRalph O’Connor8StyleDaniel Sävborg9StructureÁrmann Jakobsson10Drama and Performativity Lena Rohrbach11The Long and the Short of It Elizabeth Ashman Rowe12Narratives and DocumentsPatricia Pires Boulhosa13SpaceSverrir Jakobsson 14TimeCarl Phelpstead 15Fate Stefanie Gropper16TravelEleanor Rosamund Barraclough17HeroismViðar Pálsson 18Gender Jóhanna K. Friðriksdóttir 19Emotions Christopher Crocker 20Marginality Bjørn Bandlien 21The Paranormal Mariusz Mayburd 22Christian Themes Haki Antonsson23Feud Santiago Barreiro 24Class Hans Jacob Orning25World View Sirpa Aalto26Artistic Reception Julia Zernack 27Digital Norse Jan Alexander van Nahl List of Contributors

Ármann Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.

"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson1 Genre Massimiliano Bampi 2 Dating and Origins Chris Callow 3 Literacy Pernille Hermann4Ecclesiastical Literature and Hagiography Jonas Wellendorf5Courtly Literature Stefka G. Eriksen 6Indigenous andLatin LiteratureAnnette Lassen7History and FictionRalph O’Connor8StyleDaniel Sävborg9StructureÁrmann Jakobsson10Drama and Performativity Lena Rohrbach11The Long and the Short of It Elizabeth Ashman Rowe12Narratives and DocumentsPatricia Pires Boulhosa13SpaceSverrir Jakobsson 14TimeCarl Phelpstead 15Fate Stefanie Gropper16TravelEleanor Rosamund Barraclough17HeroismViðar Pálsson 18Gender Jóhanna K. Friðriksdóttir 19Emotions Christopher Crocker 20Marginality Bjørn Bandlien 21The Paranormal Mariusz Mayburd 22Christian Themes Haki Antonsson23Feud Santiago Barreiro 24Class Hans Jacob Orning25World View Sirpa Aalto26Artistic Reception Julia Zernack 27Digital Norse Jan Alexander van Nahl List of Contributors

Ármann Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.

"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews

• Table of ContentsIntroduction Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson1 Genre Massimiliano Bampi 2 Dating and Origins Chris Callow 3 Literacy Pernille Hermann4Ecclesiastical Literature and Hagiography Jonas Wellendorf5Courtly Literature Stefka G. Eriksen 6Indigenous andLatin LiteratureAnnette Lassen7History and FictionRalph O’Connor8StyleDaniel Sävborg9StructureÁrmann Jakobsson10Drama and Performativity Lena Rohrbach11The Long and the Short of It Elizabeth Ashman Rowe12Narratives and DocumentsPatricia Pires Boulhosa13SpaceSverrir Jakobsson 14TimeCarl Phelpstead 15Fate Stefanie Gropper16TravelEleanor Rosamund Barraclough17HeroismViðar Pálsson 18Gender Jóhanna K. Friðriksdóttir 19Emotions Christopher Crocker 20Marginality Bjørn Bandlien 21The Paranormal Mariusz Mayburd 22Christian Themes Haki Antonsson23Feud Santiago Barreiro 24Class Hans Jacob Orning25World View Sirpa Aalto26Artistic Reception Julia Zernack 27Digital Norse Jan Alexander van Nahl List of Contributors