The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280) /

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"Theodore M. Andersson, a leading scholar of the Norse sagas, introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of political and histori...

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Main Author: Andersson, Theodore Murdock, 1934-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Íslendingasögur.
Konungasögur.
Saga.
saga > Islande > Moyen-Âge.
litterature islandaise > Moyen-Âge.
Sagas > Histoire et critique.
Saga
Sagas.
Old Norse literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Litterature vieux norroise > Histoire et critique.
Old Norse literature > History and criticism.
Sagas > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Theodore M. Andersson, a leading scholar of the Norse sagas, introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of political and historical propositions. Andersson emphasizes a historical perspective, establishing a chronology for seventeen of the most important sagas and showing how they evolve thematically and stylistically over the century under study. He revisits the long-standing debate about the oral and literary components of the sagas by arguing that there is a clear progression from the somewhat mechanical gathering of oral lore in the early sagas to an increasingly tight and authorially controlled composition in the later sagas."--Jacket
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780801460302

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