The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280)

Informationen zum Autor Theodore M. Andersson is Professor of Germanic Studies Emeritus at Indiana University. He is the author of several books, including Early Epic Scenery: Homer, Virgil, and the Medieval Legacy and The Legend of Brynhild; translator of The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason; and cotranslator, with Kari Ellen Gade, of "Morkinskinna": The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157), all from Cornell. Klappentext Theodore M. Andersson is Professor of Germanic Studies Emeritus at Indiana University. He is the author of several books, including Early Epic Scenery: Homer, Virgil, and the Medieval Legacy and The Legend of Brynhild; translator of The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason; and cotranslator, with Kari Ellen Gade, of "Morkinskinna": The Earliest Icelandic Chronicle of the Norwegian Kings (1030-1157), all from Cornell. Zusammenfassung Andersson introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280! a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of politics and history.

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• Authors: Professor Theodore M. Andersson, Theodore M Andersson, Theodore M. Andersson
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2012
• EAN: 9780801477829
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-7782-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other Germanic linguistics / literary studies