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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822945403321

Autore

Wanner Kevin J.

Titolo

Snorri Sturluson and the Edda : the conversion of cultural capital in medieval Scandinavia / / Kevin J. Wanner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-9267-7

1-4426-8915-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series ; ; 4

Disciplina

839/.61

Soggetti

Scalds and scaldic poetry

Literature and society - Scandinavia - History

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Scandinavia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorra saga Sturlusonar : a short biography of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorri at home : converting capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- Snorri abroad : Icelandic exploitation of cultural capital -- A poet in search of an audience : the diminishing prestige-value of skaldic poetry -- Haþttatal : beginning and end of the Edda -- Skáldskaparmaþl : salvaging the market for skaldic verse -- Gylfaginning and Formáli : myth, history, and theology -- Appendix : Kennings and Kennings-types in Haþttatal and explication in Skáldskaparmaþl.

Sommario/riassunto

Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices.