Snorri Sturluson and the Edda the conversion of cultural capital in medieval Scandinavia - Wanner, Kevin J. (University of Toronto Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index
The paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorra saga Sturlusonar : a short biography of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorri at home : converting capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- Snorri abroad : Icelandic exploitation of cultural capital -- A poet in search of an audience : the diminishing prestige-value of skaldic poetry -- Haþttatal : beginning and end of the Edda -- Skáldskaparmaþl : salvaging the market for skaldic verse -- Gylfaginning and Formáli : myth, history, and theology -- Appendix : Kennings and Kennings-types in Haþttatal and explication in Skáldskaparmaþl