A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre

A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.

Sommario

Introduction - Massimiliano Bampi and Sif Rikhardsdottir
Genre - Massimiliano Bampi
Hybridity - Sif Rikhardsdottir
Terminology - Lukas Rösli
Form - Mikael Males
Orality, Textuality and Performance - Judy Quinn
Manuscripts and Codicology - Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
The Body Politic - Hans Jacob Orning
Geography - Dale Kedwards
Time and Space - Torfi H. Tulinius
Memory - Pernille Hermann
The Human Condition - Stefanie Gropper
God(s) - Carolyne Larrington
Wisdom - Brittany Schorn
Skaldic poetry - Case study: The Poetry of Torf-Einarr Rognvaldsson of Orkney - Erin Goeres
Eddic poetry - Case study: Sólarljóð - Carolyne Larrington
Þættir - Case study: Stjörnu-Odda draumr - Elizabeth Ashman Rowe
Íslendingasogur - Case study: Vatnsdæla saga - Russell Poole
Byskupasögur and heilagra manna sögur - Case study - Kevin J. Wanner
Romance - Case Study - Jürg Glauser
Annotated Taxonomy of Genres

Info autore

Massimiliano Bampi, Carolyne Larrington, Sif Rikhardsdottir

Riassunto

A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Massimiliano Bampi, Dale Kedwards, Carolyne Larrington, Sif Rikhardsdottir, Brittany Schorn
• Con la collaborazione di: Massimiliano Bampi (Editore), Carolyne Larrington (Editore), Sif Rikhardsdottir (Editore)
• Editore: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781843845645
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-564-5
• Pagine: 389
• Dimensioni: 240 mm x 162 mm x 32 mm
• Peso: 840 g
• Illustrazioni: 1 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Illustrations, black and white
• Serie: Studies in Old Norse Literatur; Studies in Old Norse Literature
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Skandinavische Sprachen, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, HISTORY / Medieval, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian