03653nam 22005534a 450 991082070340332120200520144314.0047077683897804707768349780470776063(MiAaPQ)EBC7103371(CKB)24989740300041(MiAaPQ)EBC351318(Au-PeEL)EBL351318(CaPaEBR)ebr10232711(CaONFJC)MIL131075(OCoLC)437218589(JP-MeL)3000111934(Au-PeEL)EBL7103371(OCoLC)1347025476(PPN)231449577(EXLCZ)992498974030004120030619d2004 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierOld Norse-Icelandic literature a short introduction /Heather O'Donoghue1st ed.Malden, MA Blackwell Pub.c2004ix, 241 p. illBlackwell introductions to literatureIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Chronology -- Preface -- 1 Iceland -- The Beginnings -- Language -- Cultural Heritage -- Discovery and Settlement -- 2 The Saga -- What Is a Saga? -- Are Family Sagas Medieval Novels? -- Are Family Sagas Chronicles of Time Past? -- Three Extracts: Egils saga, Vatnsdœla saga and Laxdœla saga -- 3 New Knowledge and Native Traditions -- Latin Learning -- Eddaic and Skaldic Verse -- Historical Writings -- Fornaldarsögur -- Riddarasögur and Rímur -- 4 The Politics of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature -- Iceland and Scandinavian Nationalism -- Old Norse-Icelandic as 'Ancient Poetry' -- Bishop Percy's Translations -- Gray's 'Norse Odes' -- The Romantic Viking -- Our Friends in the North -- Old Norse-Icelandic Studies in Academia -- The Debate about Saga Origins -- Why is Old Norse English Literature? -- Old Norse-Icelandic and English Medieval Literature -- 5 The Influence of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature -- Blake -- Tolkien and Fantasy Literature -- Scott, Kingsley and Haggard -- Landor, Arnold and Morris -- Stevenson, Hardy and Galsworthy -- MacDiarmid, Mackay Brown, and Auden and MacNeice -- Heaney and Muldoon -- Appendix: Hrafnkell's Saga -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland. Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed. Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.Blackwell introductions to literature.English literatureOld Norse influencesOld Norse literatureHistory and criticismEnglish literatureOld Norse influences.Old Norse literatureHistory and criticism.839/.609O'Donoghue Heather858279MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910820703403321Old Norse-Icelandic literature4076165UNINA