Old Norse-Icelandic literature: a short introduction
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Main Author: O'Donoghue, Heather (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Malden, MA Blackwell Pub. ©2004
Series:Blackwell introductions to literature
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index
From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers 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. 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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 241 pages)
ISBN:0470776064
0470776838
0631236260
9780470776063
9780470776834
9780631236269

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