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Studies in Old Norse Literature Ser.: Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders by Margaret Clunies Ross (2022, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited
ISBN-10184384639X
ISBN-139781843846390
eBay Product ID (ePID)16057263802
Product Key Features
Number of Pages262 Pages
LanguageIcelandic
Publication NamePoetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Publication Year2022
SubjectMedieval, European / Scandinavian
TypeTextbook
AuthorMargaret Clunies Ross
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesStudies in Old Norse Literature Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight16.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsReplete 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.
Series Volume Number11
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal839.6309
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. 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
SynopsisFirst 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 dróttkv tt "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., 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., First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.
LC Classification NumberPT7181
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