The Laxdoela Saga - Its Structural Patterns (Paperback)

This study is an unorthodox approach to the origin, historicity, and authorship of the anonymous Icelandic sagas. Following the publication of her translation of the LaxdOEla Saga, in this volume Madelung uses her deep knowledge of the text to demonstrate the literary quality and aesthetic structure of the work, especially the function of repetition. She shows that the Saga contains a historical-political analogy between the period in which the story is set (the eleventh century) and the saga-author's own time two centuries later. The apparently straightforward prose is camouflage, and the symbolism provides the key to the hidden analogy.

General

Imprint:	The University of North Carolina Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature
Release date:	May 2020
Authors:	A. Margaret Arent Madelung
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-4696-5784-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	1-4696-5784-8
Barcode:	9781469657844

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