The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature 9783110643930, 9783110641837

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The Poetic Genesis of Old Icelandic Literature
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This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the a

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This book assesses the importance of poetry for the Old Icelandic literary flowering of c. 1150–1350. It addresses the a

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Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank a

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Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank a

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Reprinted lithographically from corrected sheets of the first edition. Many books and papers have been published in the

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In Myths, Legends, and Heroes, editor Daniel Anzelark has brought together scholars of Old Norse-Icelandic and Old Engli

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This fascinating study explores a remarkable ethnic-Canadian literature in close textual and contextual terms for the fi

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Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction; Contents; List of Illustrations; Chronology; Preface; 1 Iceland; 2

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Bodies and their role in cultural discourse have been a constant focus in the humanities and social sciences in recent y

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