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Titolo |
A companion to Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Rory McTurk |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-78268-625-8 |
1-280-19869-9 |
9786610198696 |
1-4051-6499-9 |
0-470-99686-2 |
1-4051-3738-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (584 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; ; 31 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Old Norse literature - History and criticism |
Iceland Civilization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Maps; Introduction; 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society; 2 Christian Biography; 3 Christian Poetry; 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times; 5 Eddic Poetry; 6 Family Sagas; 7 Geography and Travel; 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400; 9 Historiography and Pseudo-History; 10 Language; 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygisögur); 12 Late Secular Poetry; 13 Laws; 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography; 15 Metre and Metrics; 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders |
17 Pagan Myth and Religion18 The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature; 19 Prose of Christian Instruction; 20 Rhetoric and Style; 21 Romance (Translated riddarasögur); 22 Royal Biography; 23 Runes; 24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research; 25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsögur); 26 Short Prose Narrative (þáttr); 27 Skaldic Poetry; 28 Social Institutions; 29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture |
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