Popular romance in Iceland : the women, worldviews, and manuscript witnesses of Nítíða saga /
A late medieval Icelandic romance about the maiden-king of France, the Nítíða saga was well received in its day and grew in popularity throughout post-Reformation Iceland. It has not, however, received the comprehensive scholarly analysis it deserves, or that other Icelandic sagas have received. S...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Icelandic |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2016.
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Colección: | Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Manuscript Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I. Romance Contexts
- 1. Manuscript Witnesses
- 2. Intertextuality
- 3. Setting the Scene
- Part II. Romance Characters
- 4. The Hero and her Rivals
- 5. Women Helping Women, and Other Minor Characters
- 6. Romance through the Eyes of the Narrator
- Conclusion
- Appendix Nítíða saga Text and Translation
- Index