{"product_id":"the-partisan-muse-in-the-early-icelandic-sagas-1200-1250-hardback-9780935995145","title":"The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200–1250) (Hardback) 9780935995145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200–1250)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTheodore M. Andersson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780935995145\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 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\u003cp\u003eThe Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas presents a clear and well-informed argument about stages in the literary history of the Icelandic sagas. It is an important and positive feature that Kings' Sagas and Sagas of Icelanders are not kept apart.\u003c\/p\u003e - Vésteinn Ólason (Journal of English and Germanic Philology)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200–1250)\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the genesis of Old Icelandic prose literature from its roots in oral tradition to the compilation of key early sagas at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Theodore M. Andersson devotes special attention to the Icelandic sagas (kings' sagas or \u003ci\u003ekonungasögur\u003c\/i\u003e) that narrate the careers of Norwegian kings, Óláfr Tryggvason and Óláfr Haraldsson prominent among them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe author considers the \"self-consciously Icelandic filter\" that balances Icelanders' perception of Norwegian kings and Icelandic protagonists. He also treats the volatile balance of power between the monarch and the jarls of Norway that permeates the narrative of a now-lost *\u003ci\u003eHlaðajarla saga\u003c\/i\u003e, whose traces are evident in the major compilations \u003ci\u003eMorkinskinna \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFagrskinna\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive of the book's chapters are revisions of previously published papers. The final two chapters carry the discussion of textual interrelationships in the kings' sagas to somewhat later Icelandic native sagas (\u003ci\u003eslendingasögur\u003c\/i\u003e) originating in the north and the west of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Library","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52584775254296,"sku":"9780935995145","price":41.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-partisan-muse-in-the-early-icelandic-sagas-1200-1250-hardback-9780935995145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}