Research Catalog

Title

Old Norse--Icelandic literature : a critical guide / edited by Carol J. Clover and John Lindow.

Publication

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press in association with the Medieval Academy of America, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Clover, Carol J., 1940-
• Lindow, John

Description

387 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"In the past few decades, interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Until the 1980s, however, there was a distinct lack of scholarship in English that synthesized the critical trends and thinking in the field, so in 1985 Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together several of the most distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally provide a comprehensive guide to the major genres of Old Norse-Icelandic literature." "The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: eddic and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Their essays, each with a full bibliography, make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English - a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readership." "This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and now, twenty years after its first appearance, it is being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Medieval Academy reprints for teaching ; 42

Uniform Title

Medieval Academy reprints for teaching 42.

Subjects

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Icelandic literature > History and criticism
• Old Norse literature > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Mythology and Mythography / John Lindow -- Eddic Poetry / Joseph Harris -- Skaldic Poetry / Roberta Frank -- Kings' Sagas (Konungasögur) / Theodore M. Andersson -- Icelandic Family Sagas (Ísendingasögur) / Carol J. Clover -- Norse Romance (Riddarasögur) / Marianne Kalinke.

ISBN

• 9780802038234
• 0802038239

LCCN

^^2005283520

OCLC

• 57697158
• SCSB-11244936

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library