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The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga
Contributor(s): Clunies Ross, Margaret (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521735203     ISBN-13: 9780521735209
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
OUR PRICE: $28.49  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 839.609
LCCN: 2010037675
Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.95" W x 8.91" L (0.76 lbs) 210 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - British Isles
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 06/01/2011
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

Contributor Bio(s): Clunies Ross, Margaret: - Margaret Clunies Ross is Emeritus Professor of English and Honorary Professor in the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney.
 
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