Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Clunies Ross is Emeritus Professor of English and Honorary Professor in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney. Klappentext This book guides students through the texts and contexts of the medieval Scandinavian saga. 'Clunies Ross manages to provide just the sort of introduction to the sagas that any teacher of Old Norse (among those whose interest in the subject transcends the merely linguistic, at least) would wish their students to read, in a compact, accessible and attractively priced volume.' Saga-Book Zusammenfassung With suggestions for further reading! detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon! and a map of medieval Iceland! this book is designed for students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Clunies Ross, Margaret (University of Sydney) Clunies Ross, Clunies Ross Margaret, Margaret Clunies Ross
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2010
• EAN: 9780521735209
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73520-9
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature; Cambridge Introductions to Lit; Cambridge Introductions to Literature
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Icelandic, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Old Norse