Viking Myths and Sagas
Title | Viking Myths and Sagas PDF eBook |
Author | Rosalind Kerven |
Publisher | Chartwell Books |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2017-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0785835555 |
Written in consultation with leading academics.
The Saga of the Volsungs
Title | The Saga of the Volsungs PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Hackett Publishing |
Pages | 183 |
Release | 2017-07-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1624666353 |
From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok.
Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse Literature
Title | Studies in the Transmission and Reception of Old Norse Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Judy Quinn |
Publisher | Brepols Publishers |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | European literature |
ISBN | 9782503555539 |
The compelling world of the Vikings and their descendants, preserved in the sagas, poetry, and mythology of medieval Iceland, has been an important source of inspiration to artists and writers across Europe, as well as to scholars devoted to editing and interpreting the manuscript texts. A variety of creative ventures have been born of the processes of imagining this distant 'hyperborean' world. The essays in this volume, by scholars from Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Germany, and the UK, examine the scholarly and artistic reception of a variety of Old Norse texts from the beginnings of the manuscript tradition in twelfth-century Iceland to contemporary poetry, crime fiction, and graphic novels produced in Britain, Ireland, Italy, and Iceland. The influence of Old Norse literature is further explored in the context of Shakespeare's plays, eighteenth-century Italian opera, the Romantic movement in Sweden and Denmark, and the so-called 'nordic renaissance' of the late nineteenth century (including the works of August Strindberg and William Morris), as well as in some of the political movements of twentieth-century northern Europe. Interest in Old Norse literature is charted as it spread beyond intellectual centres in Europe and out to a wider reading and viewing public. The influence of the 'hyperborean muse' is evident throughout this book, as the idea of early Nordic culture has been refashioned to reflect contemporary notions and ideals.
Old Norse Literature and Mythology
Title | Old Norse Literature and Mythology PDF eBook |
Author | Edgar C. Polomé |
Publisher | |
Pages | 347 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
Title | Old Norse-Icelandic Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Medieval Academy of America |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780802038234 |
"In the past few decades, interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Until the 1980s, however, there was a distinct lack of scholarship in English that synthesized the critical trends and thinking in the field, so in 1985 Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together several of the most distinguished Old Norse scholars to contribute essays for a collection that would finally provide a comprehensive guide to the major genres of Old Norse-Icelandic literature." "The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: eddic and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Their essays, each with a full bibliography, make up this vital survey of Old Norse literature in English - a basic reference work that has stimulated much research and helped to open up the field to a wider academic readership." "This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and now, twenty years after its first appearance, it is being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field."
Cold Counsel
Title | Cold Counsel PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah M. Anderson |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Mythology, Norse |
ISBN | 9780815319665 |
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
Title | Old Norse-Icelandic Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Carol J. Clover |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 400 |
Release | 2019-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501741659 |
The current revival of interest in the rich and varied literature of early Scandinavia has prompted a corresponding interest in its background: its origins, social and historical context, and relationship to other medieval literatures. Even readers with a knowledge of Old Norse and Icelandic have found these subjects difficult to pursue, however, for up-to-date reference works in any language are few and none exist in English. To fill the gap, six distinguished scholars have contributed ambitious new essays to this volume. The contributors summarize and comment on scholarly work in the major branches of the field: Eddie and skaldic poetry, family and kings' sagas, courtly writing, and mythology. Taken together, their judicious and attractively written essays-each with a full bibliography-make up the first book-length survey of Old Norse literature in English and a basic reference work that will stimulate research in these areas and help to open up the field to a wider academic readership.