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Book Title
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Publication Name
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Title
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Author
Margaret Clunies Ross
Format
Hardcover
ISBN-10
184384639X
EAN
9781843846390
ISBN
9781843846390
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Genre
Literary Criticism
Release Year
2022
Release Date
16/08/2022
Country/Region of Manufacture
GB
Item Height
0.7in
Item Length
9.2in
Book Series
Studies in Old Norse Literature
Publication Year
2022
Series
Studies in Old Norse Literature Ser.
Type
Textbook
Language
Icelandic
Item Width
6.1in
Number of Pages
262 Pages

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First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.Sagas of Icelanders, also called family sagas, are the best known of the many literary genres that flourished in medieval Iceland, most of them achieving written form during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. Modern readers and critics often praise their apparently realistic descriptions of the lives, loves and feuds of settler families of the first century and a half of Iceland's commonwealth period (c. AD 970-1030), but this ascription of realism fails to account for one of the most important components of these sagas, the abundance of skaldic poetry, mostly in dróttkvætt "court metre", which comes to saga heroes' lips at moments of crisis. These presumed voices from the past and their integration into the narrative present of the written sagas are the subject of this book. It investigates what motivated Icelandic writers to develop this particular mode, and what particular literary effects they achieved by it. It also looks at the various paths saga writers took within the evolving prosimetrum (a mixed verse and prose form), and explores their likely reasons for using poetry in diverse ways. Consideration is also given to the evolution of the genre in the context of the growing popularity in Iceland of romantic and legendary sagas. A final chapter is devoted to understanding why a minority of sagas of Icelanders do not use poetry at all in their narratives.what particular literary effects they achieved by it. It also looks at the various paths saga writers took within the evolving prosimetrum (a mixed verse and prose form), and explores their likely reasons for using poetry in diverse ways. Consideration is also given to the evolution of the genre in the context of the growing popularity in Iceland of romantic and legendary sagas. A final chapter is devoted to understanding why a minority of sagas of Icelanders do not use poetry at all in their narratives.what particular literary effects they achieved by it. It also looks at the various paths saga writers took within the evolving prosimetrum (a mixed verse and prose form), and explores their likely reasons for using poetry in diverse ways. Consideration is also given to the evolution of the genre in the context of the growing popularity in Iceland of romantic and legendary sagas. A final chapter is devoted to understanding why a minority of sagas of Icelanders do not use poetry at all in their narratives.what particular literary effects they achieved by it. It also looks at the various paths saga writers took within the evolving prosimetrum (a mixed verse and prose form), and explores their likely reasons for using poetry in diverse ways. Consideration is also given to the evolution of the genre in the context of the growing popularity in Iceland of romantic and legendary sagas. A final chapter is devoted to understanding why a minority of sagas of Icelanders do not use poetry at all in their narratives.

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Publisher
Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10
184384639x
ISBN-13
9781843846390
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16057263802

Product Key Features

Author
Margaret Clunies Ross
Publication Name
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Format
Hardcover
Language
Icelandic
Publication Year
2022
Series
Studies in Old Norse Literature Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
262 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6.1in

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
11
Lc Classification Number
Pt7181
Reviews
Replete with tables summarizing a wealth of data, Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders will be of great interest to readers of this little-studied but fascinating group of poems, and of the artful prosimetra that contain them.
Table of Content
Introduction1. The Poetic Corpus2. Poetry in an Icelandic Environment3. The Authenticity Question4. Strategies of Poetic Communication5. Subjects of Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders6. A Suitable Literary Style7. New Emphases in Late Sagas of Icelanders8. Sagas without PoetryConclusionGlossary of Old Norse TermsBibliography
Copyright Date
2022
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Medieval, European / Scandinavian
Dewey Decimal
839.6309
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism

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