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The Medieval Saga
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Author : Carol J. Clover
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-15
The Medieval Saga written by Carol J. Clover and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Iceland—the period from about 930 to 1050. To some extent these elaborate tales are written versions of traditional sagas passed down by word of mouth. How did they become the long and polished literary works that are still read today? The evolution of the written sagas is commonly regarded as an anomalous phenomenon, distinct from contemporary developments in European literature. In this groundbreaking study, Carol J. Clover challenges this view and relates the rise of imaginative prose in Iceland directly to the rise of imaginative prose on the Continent. Analyzing the narrative structure and composition of the sagas and comparing them with other medieval works, Clover shows that the Icelandic authors, using Continental models, owe the prose form of their writings, as well as some basic narrative strategies, to Latin historiography and to French romance.
Creating The Medieval Saga
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Author : Judy Quinn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Creating The Medieval Saga written by Judy Quinn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Literary Criticism categories.
The essays in this book are a selection of papers delivered at the symposium Creating the Medieval Saga in Bergen 2005. The essays have been revised after discussion with respondents and other members of the audience, and further refined in exchanges with the editors and the general editors of the Viking Collection since. Focus at the symposium was on the ways in which editorial practices have created out of complex manuscript witnesses (dating from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century) a body of deceptively neat narratives, the medieval Icelandic sagas.
The Growth Of The Medieval Icelandic Sagas 1180 1280
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Author : Theodore Murdock Andersson
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2006
The Growth Of The Medieval Icelandic Sagas 1180 1280 written by Theodore Murdock Andersson and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Andersson introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of politics and history.
The Routledge Research Companion To The Medieval Icelandic Sagas
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Author : Ármann Jakobsson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-02-17
The Routledge Research Companion To The Medieval Icelandic Sagas written by Ármann Jakobsson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
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.
The Medieval Saga
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Author : Carol Clover
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Medieval Saga written by Carol Clover and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Saga
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Author : Jeff Janoda
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Saga written by Jeff Janoda and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with Fiction categories.
This retelling of the ancient Saga of the People of Eyri is a modern classic. Absolutely gripping and compulsively readable, Booklist said this book, "does what good historical fiction is supposed to do: put a face on history that is recognizable to all." And medieval expert Tom Shippey, writing for the Times Literary Supplement said, "Sagas look like novels superficially, in their size and layout and plain language, but making their narratives into novels is a trick which has proved beyond most who have tried it. Janoda's Saga provides a model of how to do it: pick out the hidden currents, imagine how they would seem to peripheral characters, and as with all historical novels, load the narrative with period detail drawn from the scholars. No better saga adaptation has been yet written."
A Medieval Saga
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Author : Alessia Ferrari Dream
language : en
Publisher: Youcanprint
Release Date : 2019-07-11
A Medieval Saga written by Alessia Ferrari Dream and has been published by Youcanprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with Fiction categories.
An engaging novel, with all the ingredients to capture every reader's heart and mind
Medieval Iceland
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Author : Jesse L. Byock
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1990-02-07
Medieval Iceland written by Jesse L. Byock and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-02-07 with History categories.
Gift of Joan Wall. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-248) and index. * glr 20090610.
The Cambridge Introduction To The Old Norse Icelandic Saga
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Author : Margaret Clunies Ross
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-28
The Cambridge Introduction To The Old Norse Icelandic Saga written by Margaret Clunies Ross and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
The Medieval Icelandic Saga And Oral Tradition
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Author : Gísli Sigurðsson
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2004
The Medieval Icelandic Saga And Oral Tradition written by Gísli Sigurðsson and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Criticism categories.
This work explores the role of orality in shaping and evaluating medieval Icelandic literature. Applying field studies of oral cultures in modern times to this distinguished medieval literature, G sli Sigur sson asks how it would alter our reading of medieval Icelandic sagas if it were assumed they had grown out of a tradition of oral storytelling, similar to that observed in living cultures. Sigur sson examines how orally trained lawspeakers regarded the emergent written culture, especially in light of the fact that the writing down of the law in the early twelfth century undermined their social status. Part II considers characters, genealogies, and events common to several sagas from the east of Iceland between which a written link cannot be established. Part III explores the immanent or mental map provided to the listening audience of the location of Vinland by the sagas about the Vinland voyages. Finally, this volume focuses on how accepted foundations for research on medieval texts are affected if an underlying oral tradition (of the kind we know from the modern field work) is assumed as part of their cultural background. This point is emphasized through the examination of parallel passages from two sagas and from mythological overlays in an otherwise secular text.