Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders

First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.

List of contents

Introduction
1. The Poetic Corpus
2. Poetry in an Icelandic Environment
3. The Authenticity Question
4. Strategies of Poetic Communication
5. Subjects of Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
6. A Suitable Literary Style
7. New Emphases in Late Sagas of Icelanders
8. Sagas without Poetry
Conclusion
Glossary of Old Norse Terms
Bibliography

About the author

Margaret Clunies Ross is an Emeritus Professor of English Language and Early English Literature and Honorary Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide. She has written extensively on Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, poetry and myth.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Clunies Ross
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: Icelandic
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781843846390
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-639-0
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 166 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 548 g
• Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies