دانلود کتاب A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field Reflects current debates among Old Norse-Icelandic scholars Pays attention to previously neglected areas of study, such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and the fantasy sagas Looks at the ways Old Norse-Icelandic literature is used by modern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outside Scandinavia Sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its wider cultural contextContent: Chapter 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society (pages 7–26): Orri VesteinssonChapter 2 Christian Biography (pages 27–42): Margaret CormackChapter 3 Christian Poetry (pages 43–63): Katrina AttwoodChapter 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post?Medieval Times (pages 64–81): Jon Karl HelgasonChapter 5 Eddic Poetry (pages 82–100): Terry GunnellChapter 6 Family Sagas (pages 101–118): Vesteinn OlasonChapter 7 Geography and Travel (pages 119–135): Judith JeschChapter 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870–1400 (pages 136–154): Helgi PorlakssonChapter 9 Historiography and Pseudo?History (pages 155–172): Stefanie WurthChapter 10 Language (pages 173–189): Michael BarnesChapter 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygisogur) (pages 190–204): Matthew DriscollChapter 12 Late Secular Poetry (pages 205–222): Shaun HughesChapter 13 Laws (pages 223–244): Gudmund Sandvik and Jon Vi?ar Sigur?ssonChapter 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography (pages 245–264): Gu?var?ur Mar GunnlaugssonChapter 15 Metre and Metric (pages 265–284): Russell PooleChapter 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders (pages 285–301): Gisli Sigur?ssonChapter 17 Pagan Myth and Religion (pages 302–319): Peter OrtonChapter 18 The Post?Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature (pages 320–337): Andrew WawnChapter 19 Prose of Christian Instruction (pages 338–353): Svanhildur OskarsdottirChapter 20 Rhetoric and Style (pages 354–371): Porir OskarssonChapter 21 Romance (Translated riddarasogur) (pages 372–387): Jurg GlauserChapter 22 Royal Biography (pages 388–402): Armann JakobssonChapter 23 Runes (pages 403–426): Patrik LarssonChapter 24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research (pages 427–446): Ulfar BragasonChapter 25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsogur) (pages 447–461): Torfi H. TuliniusChapter 26 Short Prose Narrative (?attr) (pages 462–478): Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph HarrisChapter 27 Skaldic Poetry (pages 479–502): Diana WhaleyChapter 28 Social Institutions (pages 503–517): Gunnar KarlssonChapter 29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas (pages 518–535): Judy Quinn