LEADER 04369nam 2200733 450 001 9910456794203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8915-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442689152 035 $a(CKB)2550000000019356 035 $a(OCoLC)635459219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10382015 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860122 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454162 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860122 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10883985 035 $a(PQKB)10073881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000478830 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12168244 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478830 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435461 035 $a(PQKB)10498574 035 $a(CaPaEBR)430858 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00224396 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3268232 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672676 035 $a(DE-B1597)465362 035 $a(OCoLC)1013947683 035 $a(OCoLC)944176616 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442689152 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672676 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11258332 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000019356 100 $a20160923h20082008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSnorri Sturluson and the Edda $ethe conversion of cultural capital in medieval Scandinavia /$fKevin J. Wanner 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2008. 210 4$d©2008 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 225 1 $aToronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series ;$v4 311 $a0-8020-9801-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. The Paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- $t2. Snorra saga Sturlusonar: A Short Biography of Snorri Sturluson -- $t3. Snorri at Home: Converting Capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- $t4. Snorri Abroad: Icelandic Exploitation of Cultural Capital -- $t5. A Poet in Search of an Audience: The Diminishing Prestige-Value of Skaldic Poetry -- $t6. Háttatal: Beginning and End of the Edda -- $t7. Skáldskaparmál: Salvaging the Market for Skaldic Verse -- $t8. Gylfaginning and Formáli: Myth, History, and Theology -- $tAPPENDIX: Kennings and Kenning-Types in Háttatal and Explication in Skáldskaparmál -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex -- $tBackmatter 330 $aWhy would Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241), the most powerful and rapacious Icelander of his generation, dedicate so much time and effort to producing the Edda, a text that is widely recognized as the most significant medieval source for pre-Christian Norse myth and poetics? Kevin J. Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of this text, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices. The author argues that the Edda is best understood not as an antiquarian labour of cultural conservation, but as a present-centered effort to preserve skaldic poetry's capacity for conversion into material and symbolic benefits in exchanges between elite Icelanders and the Norwegian court. Employing Pierre Bourdieu's economic theory of practice, Wanner shows how modern sociological theory can be used to illuminate the cultural practices of the European Middle Ages. In doing so, he provides the most detailed analysis to date of how the Edda relates to Snorri's biography, while shedding light on the arenas of social interaction and competition that he negotiated. A fascinating look at the intersections of political interest and cultural production, Snorri Sturluson and the Edda is a detailed portrait of both an important man and the society of his times. 410 0$aToronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies ;$v4. 606 $aScalds and scaldic poetry 606 $aLiterature and society$zScandinavia$xHistory 607 $aScandinavia$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aScalds and scaldic poetry. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 676 $a839/.61 700 $aWanner$b Kevin J.$0896953 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456794203321 996 $aSnorri Sturluson and the Edda$92004177 997 $aUNINA