{"product_id":"old-norseicelandic-literature-9780631236252","title":"Old NorseIcelandic Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. It covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. It shows how a range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by this literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003eChronology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Iceland.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscovery and Settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Saga.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is a Saga?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre Family Sagas Medieval Novels?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre Family Sagas Chronicles of Times Past?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Extracts: Egils saga, Vatnsdœla saga and Laxdœla saga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. New Knowledge and Native Traditions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLatin Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEddaic and Skaldic Verse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical Writings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFornaldarsögur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiddarasögur and Rímur.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Politics of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIceland and Scandinavian Nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld Norse-Icelandic as ‘Ancient Poetry’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBishop Percy’s Translations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGray’s ‘Norse Odes’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Romantic Viking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Friends in the North.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld Norse-Icelandic Studies in Academia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Debate about Saga Origins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy is Old Norse English Literature?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld Norse-Icelandic and English Medieval Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. The Influence of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlakeTolkien and Fantasy Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScott, Kingsley and Haggard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLandor, Arnold and Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStevenson, Hardy and Galsworthy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacDiarmid, Mackay Brown, and Auden and MacNeice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeaney and Muldoon.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: Hrafnkell’s Saga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515460149591,"sku":"9780631236252","price":99.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/old-norseicelandic-literature-9780631236252","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}