03030nam 22005655 450 991045682880332120210107005326.01-282-02351-997866120235141-4426-7432-610.3138/9781442674325(CKB)2430000000011126(EBL)4671463(DE-B1597)464431(OCoLC)1002222448(OCoLC)1004875941(OCoLC)1011440124(OCoLC)944178205(OCoLC)999360640(DE-B1597)9781442674325(MiAaPQ)EBC4671463(EXLCZ)99243000000001112620190708d2016 fg engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEinarr Skúlason's Geisli A Critical Edition /Martin Chase2nd ed.Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]©20051 online resource (260 p.)Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)Description based upon print version of record.0-8020-3822-0 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Appreciation -- Headnotes to the Text -- Geisli -- Commentary -- Glossary -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- BackmatterGeisli is the earliest Nordic Christian drápa (long stanzaic poem) known to exist. Written by Einarr Skúlason, the twelfth century?s premier Icelandic poet, Geisli marked a stylistic shift in Old Norse poetry brought about by Christianity and European learning. Einarr Skúlason was a priest as well as a skald, and his writing demonstrates that he was as familiar with the traditions of Latin liturgy and hagiography as with the conventions of skaldic poetry.Geisli is a very important source for the modern scholar studying Old Norse hagiography and the history of Christianity in Iceland and Norway. This new critical edition features a version in normalized orthography, as well as a version in prose word order, a translation into English, a complete glossary, an introduction that situates the poem in its context, and substantial explanatory notes. Editor Martin Chase uses the famous Flateyjarbók manuscript as a base text, but takes into account all known manuscripts of the poem. Long needed by scholars, this new edition will be extremely valuable to anyone with an interest in Old Norse as well as medievalists in other disciplines.Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies.POETRY / Ancient & ClassicalbisacshElectronic books.POETRY / Ancient & Classical.839/.61Chase Martin, DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910456828803321Einarr Skúlason's Geisli2451839UNINA