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Author:   Massimiliano Bampi ,  Carolyne Larrington ,  Sif Rikhardsdottir ,  Brittany Schorn (Contributor)
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   D.S. Brewer
Volume:   v. 5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781843845645

ISBN 10:   1843845644
Pages:   389
Publication Date:   17 July 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   Old Norse

Table of Contents

Introduction - Massimiliano Bampi and Sif Rikhardsdottir Genre - Massimiliano Bampi Hybridity - Sif Rikhardsdottir Terminology - Lukas Rösli Form - Mikael Males Orality, Textuality and Performance - Judy Quinn Manuscripts and Codicology - Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir The Body Politic - Hans Jacob Orning Geography - Dale Kedwards Time and Space - Torfi H. Tulinius Memory - Pernille Hermann The Human Condition - Stefanie Gropper God(s) - Carolyne Larrington Wisdom - Brittany Schorn Skaldic poetry - Case study: The Poetry of Torf-Einarr Rognvaldsson of Orkney - Erin Goeres Eddic poetry - Case study: Sólarljóð - Carolyne Larrington Þættir - Case study: Stjörnu-Odda draumr - Elizabeth Ashman Rowe Íslendingasogur - Case study: Vatnsdæla saga - Russell Poole Byskupasögur and heilagra manna sögur - Case study - Kevin J. Wanner Romance - Case Study - Jürg Glauser Annotated Taxonomy of Genres

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[A]s the extensive listing of works cited indicates, consideration of genre is today a matter of interest to many leading scholars in the Old Norse field, and for anyone in that field concerned with the topic of genre this collection of essays is indeed vital reading. -- Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Assoc.

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MASSIMILIANO BAMPI is Associate Professor of Germanic Philology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Professor of Medieval European Literature at Oxford University and Official Fellow in Medieval English Literature at St John's College, Oxford. Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland. CAROLYNE LARRINGTON is Professor of Medieval European Literature at Oxford University and Official Fellow in Medieval English Literature at St John's College, Oxford. DALE KEDWARDS is HM Queen Margrethe II Distinguished Research Fellow at the Vigdís Finnbogadóttir Institute, the National Museum of Iceland, and the Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle. MASSIMILIANO BAMPI is Associate Professor of Germanic Philology at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Sif Rikhardsdottir is Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature at the University of Iceland.

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