New Norse studies : essays on the literature and culture of medieval Scandinavia / edited by Jeffrey Turco.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turco, Jeffrey, editor.

Series:

Islandica ; 58.

Islandica: a series in Icelandic and Norse studies ; LVIII

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Old Norse literature--Scandinavia.

Old Norse literature.

Middle Ages.

Scandinavia--Civilization.

Scandinavia.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

vii, 433 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2015.

Summary:

New Norse Studies, edited by Jeffrey Turco, gathers twelve original essays engaging aspects of Old Norse-Icelandic literature that continue to kindle the scholarly imagination in the twenty-first century. The assembled authors examine the arrière-scène of saga literature; the nexus of skaldic poetry and saga narrative; medieval and post-medieval gender roles; and other manifestations of language, time, and place as preserved in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. This volume will be welcomed not only by the specialist and by scholars in adjacent fields but also by avid general readers, drawn in ever-increasing numbers to the Icelandic sagas and their world. Contributors: Paul Acker, Saint Louis University; Guðrún Nordal, University of Iceland; Sarah Harlan-Haughey, Cornell University; Joseph Harris, Harvard University; Richard Harris, University of Saskatchewan; Thomas D. Hill, Cornell University; Shaun Hughes, Purdue University; Andy Orchard, University of Toronto; Russell Poole, University of Western Ontario; Torfi Tulinius, University of Iceland; Jeffrey Turco; Purdue University; Kirsten Wolf, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780935995237

0935995234

OCLC:

687614383