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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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 52
Sivu 3
... reflected not only in the subject matter of most of this volume's chapters, but also in the fact that over a third of its contributing authors are Icelanders. The idea of having the 'Norse-' element in the title, however, is to retain ...
... reflected not only in the subject matter of most of this volume's chapters, but also in the fact that over a third of its contributing authors are Icelanders. The idea of having the 'Norse-' element in the title, however, is to retain ...
Sivu 11
... reflects political developments in the third to fourth generation of Icelanders and not social status among the original settler population. In short, there are no material signs of a nobility in the North Atlantic colonies, and in so ...
... reflects political developments in the third to fourth generation of Icelanders and not social status among the original settler population. In short, there are no material signs of a nobility in the North Atlantic colonies, and in so ...
Sivu 15
... reflects the pros and cons of being the first settler: Hrafna-Floki's party spent the first summer hunting and fishing in the bountiful Breioafjoror but forgot to collect fodder for their livestock, with the result that the animals died ...
... reflects the pros and cons of being the first settler: Hrafna-Floki's party spent the first summer hunting and fishing in the bountiful Breioafjoror but forgot to collect fodder for their livestock, with the result that the animals died ...
Sivu 18
... reflect the relative lack of organization on the part of the Norse ruling elite. The limited size of Norse polities also has an effect on our appreciation of the conditions of life of Norse farmers. The smaller the political group to ...
... reflect the relative lack of organization on the part of the Norse ruling elite. The limited size of Norse polities also has an effect on our appreciation of the conditions of life of Norse farmers. The smaller the political group to ...
Sivu 22
... reflect new engineering solutions as to how a roof should be supported, and also, possibly, different use of materials; they clearly also reflect new ideas about the use of space and about the symbolism of domestic architecture. There ...
... reflect new engineering solutions as to how a roof should be supported, and also, possibly, different use of materials; they clearly also reflect new ideas about the use of space and about the symbolism of domestic architecture. There ...
Sisältö
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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 þáttr | 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