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OverviewSaints' legends form a substantial portion of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and can be found in more than four hundred manuscripts or fragments of manuscripts dating from shortly before the twelfth century to the 1700s. an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kirsten WolfPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Edition: 3rd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.760kg ISBN: 9781442646216ISBN 10: 1442646217 Pages: 424 Publication Date: 11 September 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations and Symbols Bibliography I. Catalogues and Bibliographies II. Collections and Anthologies III. General Works IV. Essay Collections, Festschrifts, and Conference Proceedings V. Individual LegendsReviews'This landmark work of reference is of critical importance not only to Old Norse-Icelandic specialists but to all explorers of the textual hagiographic terrain of the Middle Ages.' -- Geraldine Barnes University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 'As a work of reference Kirsten Wolf's meticulous and deeply learned work will not only become indispensable Icelandic hagiography and religious life in Iceland but also, in light of the remarkable cross-fertilizations between types of Old Norse prose, for the students of medieval Icelandic literature in general.' -- Haki Antonsson Speculum January 2016 'This landmark work of reference is of critical importance not only to Old Norse-Icelandic specialists but to all explorers of the textual hagiographic terrain of the Middle Ages.' -- Geraldine Barnes University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 Author InformationKirsten Wolf is Kim Nilsson Professor and Torger Thompson Chair in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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