A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and CultureRory McTurk This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times.
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Contents
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2 Christian Biography | 27 |
3 Christian Poetry | 43 |
4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in PostMedieval Times | 64 |
5 Eddic Poetry | 82 |
6 Family Sagas | 101 |
7 Geography and Travel | 119 |
16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders | 285 |
17 Pagan Myth and Religion | 302 |
18 The PostMedieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature | 320 |
19 Prose of Christian Instruction | 338 |
20 Rhetoric and Style | 354 |
21 Romance Translated riddarasögur | 372 |
22 Royal Biography | 388 |
23 Runes | 403 |
8 Historical Background Iceland 8701400 | 136 |
9 Historiography and PseudoHistory | 155 |
10 Language | 173 |
11 Late Prose Fiction lygisögur | 190 |
12 Late Secular Poetry | 205 |
13 Laws | 223 |
14 Manuscripts and Palaeography | 245 |
15 Metre and Metrics | 265 |
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Althing assembly bishops chapter chieftains Christian Codex Regius compilation composed contemporary sagas context Copenhagen court culture Danish early Edda eddic poetry editions Egils Egils saga example family sagas fornaldarsogur fourteenth century genre Germanic Gragas Greenland Gunnarr Gylfaginning Heimskringla Helgason hero Historia Norwegiae Icelandic literature influence Jonsson Karlsson kennings language Latin literary Magnus manuscripts medieval Icelandic metre Middle Ages Morkinskinna myth mythology narrative Nordal Norway Norwegian Norwegian kings Olafr Olason Old Norse OLD NORsE POETRY OOinn oral tradition original Oslo pagan Palsson pattr poems poetic poets preserved prose reference reflect Reykjavik rhyme rimur romances rune runic inscriptions sagas of Icelanders sagas of knights saints Scandinavian scholars scribes script skaldic poetry skalds Snorri Sturluson sources stanza story studies Sturla Sturlunga saga style Sveinsson Sverrir Sverris saga syllables texts thirteenth century transl translation twelfth century verse Viking Age Viking-Age Vinland written