Old Norse-Icelandic literature : a short introduction / / Heather O'Donoghue

• Autore: O'Donoghue Heather
• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., c2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: ix, 241 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 839/.609
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Old Norse influences; Old Norse literature - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-231) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Old Norse-Icelandic literature
• ISBN: 0470776838; 9780470776834; 9780470776063
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820703403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell introductions to literature.