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A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture
Rory McTurk (Edited by), R McTurk (Author)
9780631235026, Wiley
Hardback, published 17 December 2004
584 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 5.1 cm, 1.161 kg
"In a series that already has a large number and wide range of excellent titles to its credit, I would venture opinion that this volume is one of its best...we have here a major publication of considerable value, not to mention its intrinsic interest. Obviously it will be a necessary acquisition for any specialist collection and for any academic collection where aspects of Old Norse literature and culture may be needed...this will also be a useful addition to major general collections." "...its chapters are crammed full to bursting with facts and figures, references to primary and secondary sources, swift overviews of past scholarship, and (very importantly) present debates. This is ostensibly a reference book, to be consulted on particular issues and subjects. But as with all the best encyclopedias...browsing becomes addictive...Mc Turk's Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Studies is a great resource for the scholar or graduate student who may think, mistakenly, that he or she is familiar with this field." "No one could read the volume and not learn something, indeed a great deal" “A comprehensive guide to Old Norse-Icelandic literature which functions as a basic reference work for scholars in neighboring disciplines, a reliable introduction for students, and an interesting and informative read for Old Norse scholars … a remarkable achievement and a valuable resource.”
Reference Reviews
The Review of English Studies
TLS
Carolyne Larrington, St John’s College, Modern Language Review
This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times.
Notes on Contributors viii Maps xii Introduction 1 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society 7 2 Christian Biography 27 3 Christian Poetry 43 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times 64 5 Eddic Poetry 82 6 Family Sagas 101 7 Geography and Travel 119 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870–1400 136 9 Historiography and Pseudo-History 155 10 Language 173 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygiso¨gur) 190 12 Late Secular Poetry 205 13 Laws 223 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography 245 15 Metre and Metrics 265 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders 285 17 Pagan Myth and Religion 302 18 The Post-Medieval 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 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
Rory McTurk
Orri Vésteinsson
Margaret Cormack
Katrina Attwood
Jón Karl Helgason
Terry Gunnell
Vésteinn Ólason
Judith Jesch
Helgi Þorláksson
Stefanie Würth
Michael Barnes
Matthew Driscoll
Shaun Hughes
Gudmund Sandvik and Jón Viðar Sigurðsson
Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson
Russell Poole
Gísli Sigurðsson
Peter Orton
Andrew Wawn
Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir
Þórir Óskarsson
Jürg Glauser
Ármann Jakobsson
Patrik Larsson
Úlfar Bragason
Torfi H. Tulinius
Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris
Diana Whaley
Gunnar Karlsson
Judy Quinn
Subject Areas: Literature: history & criticism [DS]
