Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

A Short Introduction

AvHeather O'Donoghue

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse.An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland.Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed.Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-12-09
Mått:163 x 236 x 25 mm
Vikt:517 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9780631236252

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Heather O'Donoghue is Reader in Old Norse at Oxford University. She is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement.

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List of Illustrations. Chronology.Preface.1. Iceland.The Beginnings.Language.Cultural Heritage.Discovery and Settlement.2. The Saga.What Is a Saga?.Are Family Sagas Medieval Novels?.Are Family Sagas Chronicles of Times Past?.Three Extracts: Egils saga, Vatnsdœla saga and Laxdœla saga.3. New Knowledge and Native Traditions.Latin Learning.Eddaic and Skaldic Verse.Historical Writings.Fornaldarsögur.Riddarasögur and Rímur.4. The Politics of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.Iceland and Scandinavian Nationalism.Old Norse-Icelandic as ‘Ancient Poetry’.Bishop Percy’s Translations.Gray’s ‘Norse Odes’.The Romantic Viking.Our Friends in the North.Old Norse-Icelandic Studies in Academia.The Debate about Saga Origins.Why is Old Norse English Literature?.Old Norse-Icelandic and English Medieval Literature.5. The Influence of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.BlakeTolkien and Fantasy Literature.Scott, Kingsley and Haggard.Landor, Arnold and Morris.Stevenson, Hardy and Galsworthy.MacDiarmid, Mackay Brown, and Auden and MacNeice.Heaney and Muldoon.Appendix: Hrafnkell’s Saga.Glossary.Notes.Bibliography.Index