A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and CultureRory McTurk John Wiley & Sons, 11.3.2008 - 592 sivua This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times.
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Sivu 28
... preserved in manuscripts from the Middle Ages. In the present volume, medieval precedent has been followed in ... preservation or whether higher standards of Latin learning in Norway made the need for translation less urgent is ...
... preserved in manuscripts from the Middle Ages. In the present volume, medieval precedent has been followed in ... preservation or whether higher standards of Latin learning in Norway made the need for translation less urgent is ...
Sivu 32
... preserved saga is his work, the stylistic characteristics and use of sources mentioned in the previous paragraph must have begun considerably earlier than is considered likely on the basis of other evidence. We are on firmer ground with ...
... preserved saga is his work, the stylistic characteristics and use of sources mentioned in the previous paragraph must have begun considerably earlier than is considered likely on the basis of other evidence. We are on firmer ground with ...
Sivu 38
Rory McTurk. kinsmen, including two whose deaths and well-preserved bodies provide a fitting prelude to the saga of a future saint. The deeds of his father, Ari Dorgeirsson, who died a heroic death in Norway, are also recalled. This ...
Rory McTurk. kinsmen, including two whose deaths and well-preserved bodies provide a fitting prelude to the saga of a future saint. The deeds of his father, Ari Dorgeirsson, who died a heroic death in Norway, are also recalled. This ...
Sivu 41
... preserved only in post-medieval manuscripts. The fact that S has been shortened in places makes it difficult to determine what was in the original, early thirteenth-century saga. 12 For a summary of the arguments, and their implications ...
... preserved only in post-medieval manuscripts. The fact that S has been shortened in places makes it difficult to determine what was in the original, early thirteenth-century saga. 12 For a summary of the arguments, and their implications ...
Sivu 43
... preserved Po'rsdra'pa ('Porr's Lay') (c.1000), there is little to suggest that the change was more than a superficial one: the only surviving Christian poem ascribed to him is a half-stanza alluding to the conversion in which he ...
... preserved Po'rsdra'pa ('Porr's Lay') (c.1000), there is little to suggest that the change was more than a superficial one: the only surviving Christian poem ascribed to him is a half-stanza alluding to the conversion in which he ...
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4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in PostMedieval Times | 64 |
5 Eddic Poetry | 82 |
6 Family Sagas | 101 |
7 Geography and Travel | 119 |
16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders | 285 |
17 Pagan Myth and Religion | 302 |
18 The PostMedieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature | 320 |
19 Prose of Christian Instruction | 338 |
20 Rhetoric and Style | 354 |
21 Romance Translated riddarasögur | 372 |
22 Royal Biography | 388 |
23 Runes | 403 |
8 Historical Background Iceland 8701400 | 136 |
9 Historiography and PseudoHistory | 155 |
10 Language | 173 |
11 Late Prose Fiction lygisögur | 190 |
12 Late Secular Poetry | 205 |
13 Laws | 223 |
14 Manuscripts and Palaeography | 245 |
15 Metre and Metrics | 265 |
24 Sagas of Contemporary History Sturlunga saga Texts and Research | 427 |
25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory fornaldarsögur | 447 |
26 Short Prose Narrative žįttr | 462 |
27 Skaldic Poetry | 479 |
28 Social Institutions | 503 |
29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas | 518 |
Index | 536 |
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
Althing assembly bishops chapter chieftains Christian Codex Regius compilation composed contemporary sagas context Copenhagen court culture Danish early Edda eddic poetry editions Egils Egils saga example family sagas fornaldarsogur fourteenth century genre Germanic Gragas Greenland Gunnarr Gylfaginning Heimskringla Helgason hero Historia Norwegiae Icelandic literature influence Jonsson Karlsson kennings language Latin literary Magnus manuscripts medieval Icelandic metre Middle Ages Morkinskinna myth mythology narrative Nordal Norway Norwegian Norwegian kings Olafr Olason Old Norse OLD NORsE POETRY OOinn oral tradition original Oslo pagan Palsson pattr poems poetic poets preserved prose reference reflect Reykjavik rhyme rimur romances rune runic inscriptions sagas of Icelanders sagas of knights saints Scandinavian scholars scribes script skaldic poetry skalds Snorri Sturluson sources stanza story studies Sturla Sturlunga saga style Sveinsson Sverrir Sverris saga syllables texts thirteenth century transl translation twelfth century verse Viking Age Viking-Age Vinland written