{"product_id":"old-icelandic-literature-and-society-hardback-9780521631129","title":"Old Icelandic Literature and Society (Hardback) 9780521631129","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOld Icelandic Literature and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature set within its social and cultural context.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Clunies Ross (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521631129, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 September 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.615 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … the book provides a well-grounded and interesting introduction to Old Icelandic literature, with the bonus of multiple signposts towards new directions in Old Norse scholarship.' Modern Language Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom the period of settlement (870–930) to the end of the fourteenth century, Icelanders produced one of the most varied and original literatures of medieval Europe. This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature within its social setting and across a range of genres. An international team of specialists examines the ways in which the unique social experiment in Iceland, a kingless society without an established authority structure, inspired a wealth of innovative writing composed in the Icelandic vernacular.  Icelanders explored their uniqueness through poetry, mythologies, metrical treatises, religious writing, and through saga, a new literary genre which textualised their history and incorporated oral traditions in a written form. The book shows that Icelanders often used their textual abilities to gain themselves political and intellectual advantage, not least in the period when the state's freedom came to an end.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Margaret Clunies Ross\u003cbr\u003e 1. Social institutions and belief systems of medieval Iceland (ca. 870–1400) and their relation to literary production Preben Meulengracht Sørensen\u003cbr\u003e 2. From orality to literacy in medieval Iceland Judy Quinn\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poetry and its changing importance in medieval Icelandic culture Kari Ellen Gade\u003cbr\u003e 4. Øláfr Pø?arson hvítaskáld and oral poetry in the west of Iceland ca. 1250 Gísli Sigur?sson\u003cbr\u003e 5. The conservation and reinterpretation of myth in medieval Icelandic writings Margaret Clunies Ross\u003cbr\u003e 6. Medieval Iceland artes poeticae Stephen Tranter\u003cbr\u003e 7. A useful past: historical writing in medieval Iceland Diana Whaley\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sagas of Icelanders as the literary representation of a new social space Jürg Glauser\u003cbr\u003e 9. The contemporary sagas and their social context Gu?rún Nordal\u003cbr\u003e 10. The matter of the north: fiction and uncertain identities in thirteenth-century Iceland Torfi H. Tulinius\u003cbr\u003e 11. Romance in Iceland Geraldine Barnes\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Bible and biblical interpretation in medieval Iceland Ian Kirby\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sagas of saints Margaret Cormack.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46129311940888,"sku":"9780521631129","price":98.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521631129i.jpg?v=1691666618","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/old-icelandic-literature-and-society-hardback-9780521631129","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}