Cambridge History of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

"An in-depth, accessible history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, this book provides analysis of all key genres in this celebrated body of writing and of their literary and historical contexts. Through essays by internationally distinguished scholars, it presents a fresh, unified, authoritative guide for specialists, students and general readers"--

About the author

Heather O'Donoghue is Professor Emeritus of Old Norse at Linacre College, Oxford. She has published widely on the reception of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and the narratology of Old Norse sagas. She recently completed a monograph on Beowulf and is current President of the Viking Society for Northern Research.Eleanor Parker teaches medieval English literature at Brasenose College, Oxford. She is the author of Dragon Lords: The History and Legends of Viking England (2018), Conquered: The Last Children of Anglo-Saxon England (2022) and Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year (2022).

Summary

An in-depth, accessible history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, this book provides analysis of all key genres in this celebrated body of writing and of their literary and historical contexts. Through essays by internationally distinguished scholars, it presents a fresh, unified, authoritative guide for specialists, students and general readers.

Foreword

An authoritative and accessible guide to Old Norse-Icelandic literature, featuring chapters from internationally distinguished scholars.

Product details

• Assisted by: Parker Eleanor (Editor), Heather (University of Oxford) O'Donoghue (Editor), Eleanor (University of Oxford) Parker (Editor), O'Donoghue Heather (Editor), Eleanor Parker (Editor), Heather O'Donoghue (Editor)
• Authors: Heather (University of Oxford) Park O''''donoghue
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 29.02.2024
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9781108486811
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48681-1
• Pages: 648
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / European / Scandinavian, Classical texts, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Literary reference works, Icelandic, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Icelandic and Old Norse sagas, Old Norse