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The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities.
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga scholarship over the last fifty years, sometimes juxtaposing it with earlier views and examining the sagas both as works of art and as source materials.
This volume will be of interest to Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian scholars and accessible to medievalists in general.
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Table of Contents
Introduction Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson
1 Genre Massimiliano Bampi
2 Dating and Origins Chris Callow
3 Literacy Pernille Hermann
4
Ecclesiastical Literature and Hagiography Jonas Wellendorf
5
Courtly Literature Stefka G. Eriksen
6
Indigenous and Latin Literature Annette Lassen 7
History and Fiction Ralph O'Connor 8
Style Daniel Sävborg 9
Structure Ármann Jakobsson 10
Drama and Performativity Lena Rohrbach 11
The Long and the Short of It Elizabeth Ashman Rowe 12
Narratives and Documents Patricia Pires Boulhosa 13
Space Sverrir Jakobsson14
Time Carl Phelpstead15
Fate Stefanie Gropper 16
Travel Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough 17
Heroism Viðar Pálsson18
Gender Jóhanna K. Friðriksdóttir19
Emotions Christopher Crocker20
Marginality Bjørn Bandlien21
The Paranormal Mariusz Mayburd22
Christian Themes Haki Antonsson 23
Feud Santiago Barreiro24
Class Hans Jacob Orning 25
World View Sirpa Aalto 26
Artistic Reception Julia Zernack27
Digital Norse Jan Alexander van Nahl
List of Contributors
Info autore
Ármann Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.
Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.
Riassunto
The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga scholarship over the last fifty years, sometimes juxtaposing it with earlier views and examining the sagas both as works of art and as source materials.
Testo aggiuntivo
"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews
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"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews
