LEADER 02682oam 22005054a 450 001 9910367642203321 005 20210915045226.0 010 $a1-5017-4051-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501740510 035 $a(CKB)4100000008351082 035 $a(OCoLC)1122610358 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse76395 035 $a(DE-B1597)527450 035 $a(OCoLC)1114810357 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501740510 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008351082 100 $a19811103d1982 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Medieval Saga$fCarol J. Clover 210 1$aIthaca, N.Y. :$cCornell University Press,$d1982. 210 4$dİ1982. 215 $a1 online resource (219 p. :)$cill. ; 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8014-1447-4 311 $a1-5017-4050-4 320 $aBibliography: p. 205-211. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$t1. Open Composition --$t2. Stranding --$t3. Simultaneity --$t4. Toward the Classical Saga --$tEditions Consulted --$tIndex 330 $aWritten in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Iceland-the period from about 930 to 1050. To some extent these elaborate tales are written versions of traditional sagas passed down by word of mouth. How did they become the long and polished literary works that are still read today?The evolution of the written sagas is commonly regarded as an anomalous phenomenon, distinct from contemporary developments in European literature. In this groundbreaking study, Carol J. Clover challenges this view and relates the rise of imaginative prose in Iceland directly to the rise of imaginative prose on the Continent. Analyzing the narrative structure and composition of the sagas and comparing them with other medieval works, Clover shows that the Icelandic authors, using Continental models, owe the prose form of their writings, as well as some basic narrative strategies, to Latin historiography and to French romance. 606 $aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism 606 $aSagas$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aLiterature, Medieval$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aSagas$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839/.63 700 $aClover$b Carol J.$f1940-$0783628 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910367642203321 996 $aMedieval saga$91740808 997 $aUNINA