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Structure of Old Norse "Dróttkvætt" Poetry
Inbunden, 1995
1478 kr
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The drottkvett was a form of Old Norse skaldic poetry composed to glorify a chieftain's deeds or to lament his death. Kari Ellen Gade explores the structural peculiarities of ninth- and tenth-century drottkvett poetry and suggests a solution to the mystery of the origins of the drottkvett and its …
Morkinskinna
The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030–1157)
Inbunden, 2000
1903 kr
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Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradition. Based ultimately on an original from ca. 1220, the single defective manuscript was written in Iceland ca. 1275. The present volume, …
Saga of Olaf Tryggvason
Inbunden, 2003
1331 kr
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Oddr Snorrason, a Benedictine monk in northern Iceland in the late twelfth century, composed a landmark Latin biography of the legendary Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason (died 1000 C.E.). This biography was soon translated into Icelandic, and the translation (though not the Latin original) is …
Morkinskinna
The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030–1157)
Häftad, 2012
743 kr
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Morkinskinna ("rotten parchment"), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chronicle tradition. Based ultimately on an original from ca. 1220, the single defective manuscript was written in Iceland ca. 1275. The present volume, …
"Speak Useful Words or Say Nothing"
Old Norse Studies
Av Joseph Harris, Susan E. Deskis m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
857 kr
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"Speak Useful Words or Say Nothing"
Old Norse Studies
Av Joseph Harris, Susan E. Deskis m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
383 kr
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Romance and Love in Late Medieval and Early Modern Iceland
Essays in Honor of Marianne Kalinke
Av Johanna Denzin, Kirsten Wolf
Inbunden, 2009
857 kr
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Icelandic Baroque
Poetic Art and Erudition in the Works of Hallgrímur Pétursson
Inbunden, 2004
857 kr
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Icelandic Baroque seeks to approach the writings of Hallgrimur Petursson (1614–1674), Iceland's leading devotional poet, from a new direction. Hallgrimur is best known for his Passiusalmar, fifty hymns that contemplate the crucifixion and death of Christ, using a variety of meters and melodies; …
Language of Power
Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas
Inbunden, 2017
970 kr
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In Language of Power , Viðar Pálsson addresses pre-modern European power relationships that provide the context for narratives of feasts and exchanges of gifts so conspicuous in the Icelandic sagas. Viðar's point of departure considers 'comparative perspectives on rituals, the sociology of power, …
Willard Fiske
Friend and Benefactor of Iceland
Häftad, 2019
399 kr
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In the middle of the nineteenth century, the young American student Daniel Willard Fiske left college to embark on a sojourn in Denmark and Sweden that would eventually lead, in 1879, to a lengthy visit to Iceland. By then, Fiske had become Cornell University's first university librarian and …
New Norse Studies
Essays on the Literature and Culture of Medieval Scandinavia
Häftad, 2015
383 kr
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New Norse Studies, edited by Jeffrey Turco, gathers twelve original essays engaging aspects of Old Norse–Icelandic literature that continue to kindle the scholarly imagination in the twenty-first century. The assembled authors examine the arrière-scène of saga literature; the nexus of skaldic …
Icelandic Literary Florilegium
A Festschrift in Honor of Úlfar Bragason
Av Marianne E. Kalinke, Kirsten Wolf
Inbunden, 2021
970 kr
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An Icelandic Literary Florilegium , a special issue of New Norse Studies , is a smorgasbord of noteworthy studies and brings together twelve original articles. The various authors examine topics within the field of Old Norse-Icelandic and deal with a variety of literary genres, including the Sagas …
Iceland's Shelter-Seeking Behavior
From Settlement to Republic
Inbunden, 2021
636 kr
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Iceland's Shelter-Seeking Behavior challenges the traditional narrative that Iceland's submission to foreign rule and external relations had catastrophic consequences for the country. It argues that this narrative both exaggerates the costs of external relations and underestimates their benefits. …
From Rus' to Rímur
Norse History, Culture, and Literature East and West
Av Shaun F. D. Hughes, Allyn K. Pearson
Inbunden, 2024
921 kr
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From Rus' to Rímur , volume 65 in the Islandica series and simultaneously an issue in the occasional journal New Norse Studies , offers six contributions that range across Europe from East to West and across three categories: "Historical Studies," "Literary Studies," and "New Editions." The volume …
Wisdom of the North
Proverbial Allusion and Patterning in the Icelandic Saga
Inbunden, 2023
840 kr
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Medieval Icelandic Bodies in "Tristram Ok Ísodd"
Inbunden, 2026
857 kr
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Medieval Icelandic Bodies in "Tristram ok Ísodd " examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters in the Icelandic version of the Tristan romance, the Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd , through the lens of the Íslendingasögur , the classic sagas of the early Icelanders. Although its …
Constant Crisis
Deconstructing the Civil Wars in Norway, Ca. 1180–1220
Inbunden, 2025
857 kr
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Wordmongers
Manuscript Culture in the Age of Print and the Case of Nineteenth-Century Iceland
Häftad, 2013
379 kr
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