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Egil, the Viking Poet
New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'
Laurence de Looze (Edited by), Jon Karl Helgason (Edited by), Russell Poole (Edited by), Torfi H. Tulinius (Edited by)
9781442649699
Hardback, published 23 November 2015
256 pages, 10 figures
23.5 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.54 kg
‘This engaging addition to the Toronto series, begun in 2005, creates new lines of inquiry regarding on of the most-read and well-studied Icelandic works.’ ‘Egil, the Viking Poet is a scrupulously edited and cohesive volume that ought to be as warmly received by those who have long studied Egils saga Skallagrimssonar and the medieval Icelandic sagas, as by students and others newly interested in this rich body of medieval vernacular narrative.’ ‘I’ve no doubt that it will become essential reading for those with an interest in the Sagas of Icelanders and in Viking and Old Norse Studies, and it provides an exemplary model for future text-focused collections to follow.’
Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil’s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend. The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil’s story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory. Strikingly original, their essays will appeal not only to dedicated students of Old Norse-Icelandic literature but also to those working in the fields of Viking studies, comparative ethnology, and folklore.
1. Introduction: Egil, The Viking Poet: New Approaches to Egil’s Saga (Russell Poole) COMPOSITION 2. The Construction of Egil’s Saga (Torfi H. Tulinius) 3. Ars metrica and the Composition of Egil’s Saga (GuÐrÚn Nordal) IDENTITY 4. The Concept of the Self in Egil’s Saga: A Ricoeurean Approach (Laurence de Looze) 5. Self-description in Egil’s Poetry (Margaret Clunies Ross) EMOTIONS AND AFFILIATIONS 6. Emotions and Moral Issues in a Dysfunctional Saga Family (Ármann Jakobsson) 7. Elegy and Old Age in Egil’s Saga (Alison Finlay) 8. *Konutorrek: A Husband’s Lament (Oren Falk) 9. Facebook for Vikings: Social Network Analysis and Egil’s Saga (Timothy R. Tangherlini) RECEPTION 10. Egil Strikes Again: Textual Variation and the Seventeenth-Century Reworkings of Egil’s Saga (Svanhildur ÓskarsdÓttir) 11. Bloody Runes: The Transgressive Poetics of Egil’s Saga (JÓn Karl Helgason) 12. A Selected Bibliography from the Online Annotated Bibliography of Egil’s Saga (ÁlfdÍs ÞorleifsdÓttir, Katelin Parsons, and Jane Appleton)