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a| Clunies Ross, Margaret.

a| The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga.

a| Cambridge : b| Cambridge University Press, c| 2010.

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a| Cambridge Introductions to Literature

a| Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- A preface on practical issues -- General aim of this book -- Spelling conventions used in this book -- Map of Iceland -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Medieval Iceland -- Setting the scene -- Why Iceland? -- Where did the settlers come from? -- Medieval Iceland society -- Religion -- Why did medieval Icelanders write so much and so well? -- Chapter 2 What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga? -- The term Old Norse -- What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga? -- Saga in the medieval lexicon -- How are sagas different from non-sagas? -- The view from inside the text -- Kinds of sagas -- Chapter 3 The genesis of the Icelandic saga -- Theories of saga origins -- A major controversy in studies of saga origins: bookprose versus freeprose -- Studies of oral cultures and their impact on saga studies -- Vernacular literacy in medieval Iceland -- The growth of saga conventions -- Concepts of authorship -- Chapter 4 Saga chronology -- The politics of saga chronology -- The evidence of the manuscripts -- Dating criteria -- External criteria -- Internal criteria - literary borrowings -- Some tentative conclusions -- Chapter 5 Saga subjects and settings -- Time and place in the saga world -- The world of the fornaldarsögur -- Riddarasögur and their world -- Kings' sagas -- Sagas of Icelanders and their world -- Contemporary sagas -- Chapter 6 Saga mode, style and point of view -- An example of prosimetrum: Kormáks saga, Chapter 6 -- Literary and cultural background -- The analysis -- Valla-Ljóts saga, Chapter 4 -- Literary and cultural background -- The analysis -- Brennu-Njáls saga, Chapter 157 -- Literary and cultural background -- The analysis -- Orvar-Odds saga, Chapter 42 -- Literary and cultural background -- The analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Saga structures.

a| Structure and meaning -- Structures of conflict and resolution -- Life-histories: structures of biography and genealogy -- Structures of travel and the acquisition of knowledge -- Structural complexity in the Icelandic sagas -- Chapter 8 The material record: how we know the sagas -- Medieval Icelandic manuscripts and manuscript copying -- The copying and collecting of Icelandic manuscripts after the Middle Ages -- Saga editions: principles and practice -- Chapter 9 Changing understandings of the sagas -- The reception of sagas in post-medieval Iceland -- The reception of the Icelandic sagas outside Iceland -- Notes -- 1 Medieval Iceland -- 2 What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga? -- 3 The genesis of the Icelandic saga -- 4 Saga chronology -- 5 Saga subjects and settings -- 6 Saga mode, style and point of view -- 7 Saga structures -- 8 The material record: how we know the sagas -- 9 Changing understandings of the sagas -- Glossary of technical terms -- Guide to further reading -- 1. Medieval Iceland -- 2 What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga? -- 3 The genesis of the Icelandic saga -- 4 Saga chronology -- 5 Saga subjects and settings -- 6. Saga mode, style and point of view -- 7 Saga structures -- 8 The material record: how we know the sagas -- 9 Changing understandings of the sagas -- References to volumes in the Íslenzk fornrit editions of Icelandic sagas -- Index.

a| This book guides students through the texts and contexts of the medieval Scandinavian saga.

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a| Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

a| Sagas -- History and criticism..

a| Old Norse literature -- History and criticism.

a| Electronic books.

i| Print version: a| Clunies Ross, Margaret t| The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga d| Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,c2010 z| 9780521514019

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a| Cambridge Introductions to Literature