Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre

AvMassimiliano Bampi,Carolyne Larrington

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.We cannot read literary works without making use of the concept of genre. In Old Norse studies, genre has been central to the categorisation, evaluation and understanding of medieval prose and poetry alike; yet its definition has been elusive and its implications often left unexplored.This volume opens up fundamental questions about Old Norse genre in theory and in practice. It offers an extensive range of theoretical approaches, investigating and critiquing current terms and situating its arguments within early Scandinavian and Icelandic oral-literary and manuscript contexts. It maps the ways in which genre and form engage with key thematic areas within the literary corpus,noting the different kinds of impact upon the genre system brought about by conversion to Christianity, the gradual adoption of European literary models, and social and cultural changes occurring in Scandinavian society. A case-study section probes both prototypical and hard-to-define cases, demonstrating the challenges that actual texts pose to genre theory in terms of hybridity, evolution and innovation. With an annotated taxonomy of Old Norse genres and an extensive bibliography, it is an indispensable resource for contemporary Old Norse-Icelandic literary studies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-20
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:591 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska, Fornnordiska
Serie:Studies in Old Norse Literature
Antal sidor:390
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781843847656

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MASSIMILIANO BAMPI is Associate Professor of Germanic Philology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Emerita Professor of medieval European literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow in medieval English literature at St John's College, Oxford. DALE KEDWARDS is HM Queen Margrethe II Distinguished Research Fellow at the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute, the National Museum of Iceland, and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle. MASSIMILIANO BAMPI is Associate Professor of Germanic Philology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland.

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[A]s the extensive listing of works cited indicates, consideration of genre is today a matter of interest to many leading scholars in the Old Norse field, and for anyone in that field concerned with the topic of genre this collection of essays is indeed vital reading.

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Introduction - Massimiliano Bampi and Sif RikhardsdottirGenre - Massimiliano BampiHybridity - Sif RikhardsdottirTerminology - Lukas RösliForm - Mikael MalesOrality, Textuality and Performance - Judy QuinnManuscripts and Codicology - Jóhanna Katrín FriðriksdóttirThe Body Politic - Hans Jacob OrningGeography - Dale KedwardsTime and Space - Torfi H. TuliniusMemory - Pernille HermannThe Human Condition - Stefanie GropperGod(s) - Carolyne LarringtonWisdom - Brittany SchornSkaldic poetry - Case study: The Poetry of Torf-Einarr Rognvaldsson of Orkney - Erin GoeresEddic poetry - Case study: Sólarljóð - Carolyne LarringtonÞættir - Case study: Stjörnu-Odda draumr - Elizabeth Ashman RoweÍslendingasogur - Case study: Vatnsdæla saga - Russell PooleByskupasögur and heilagra manna sögur - Case study - Kevin J. WannerRomance - Case Study - Jürg GlauserAnnotated Taxonomy of Genres