Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: the conversion of cultural capital in medieval Scandinavia
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Main Author: Wanner, Kevin J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] University of Toronto Press c2008 (2010)
Series:Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (x, 257 p.)
ISBN:0802098010
1442689153
9780802098016
9781442689152

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