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"The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages"--

Über den Autor

Margaret Clunies Ross is Emeritus Professor of English and Honorary Professor in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A preface on practical issues; Glossary of technical terms; 1. Medieval Iceland; 2. What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga?; 3. The genesis of the Icelandic saga; 4. Saga chronology; 5. Saga subjects and settings; 6. Saga mode, style and point of view; 7. Saga structures; 8. The material record: how we know the sagas; 9. Changing understandings of the sagas; Guide to further reading; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Literaturwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521735209
ISBN-10:	0521735203
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Clunies Ross, Margaret
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Margaret Clunies Ross
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.05.2015
Gewicht:	0,312 kg