LEADER 03653nam 22005534a 450 001 9910820703403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 0 $a0470776838 010 0 $a9780470776834 010 $a9780470776063 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7103371 035 $a(CKB)24989740300041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC351318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL351318 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10232711 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL131075 035 $a(OCoLC)437218589 035 $a(JP-MeL)3000111934 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7103371 035 $a(OCoLC)1347025476 035 $a(PPN)231449577 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924989740300041 100 $a20030619d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aOld Norse-Icelandic literature $ea short introduction /$fHeather O'Donoghue 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$dc2004 215 $aix, 241 p. $cill 225 1 $aBlackwell introductions to literature 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index. 327 $aOld 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, Vatnsd?la saga and Laxd?la 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. 330 $aFrom runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland. Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed. Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature. 410 0$aBlackwell introductions to literature. 606 $aEnglish literature$xOld Norse influences 606 $aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish literature$xOld Norse influences. 615 0$aOld Norse literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a839/.609 700 $aO'Donoghue$b Heather$0858279 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910820703403321 996 $aOld Norse-Icelandic literature$94076165 997 $aUNINA