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Old Norse-Icelandic Literature - A Critical Guide (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Old Norse-Icelandic Literature - A Critical Guide (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching, 42
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In the past few decades, interest in the rich and varied literature
of early Scandinavia has prompted a great deal of 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 the area, so
in 1985, Carol J. Clover and John Lindow brought together some of
the most ambitious and distinguished Old Norse scholars to
contribute essays for a collection that would finally fill the void
of a comprehensive guide to the field. 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. Taken together, their judicious and well-written
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 twenty years later, is now 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.
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