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Saga emotions / edited by Gareth Lloyd Evans, Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir and Carolyne Larrington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lloyd Evans, Gareth.
- Series:
- Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture Series
- Manchester medieval literature and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Old Norse literature--History and criticism.
- Old Norse literature.
- Epic literature, Old Norse.
- Icelandic literature--History and criticism.
- Icelandic literature.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : digital file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2025.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Biography/History:
- Gareth Lloyd Evans is Associate Professor of Old Norse at the University of Oxford and Official Fellow and Tutor in English at St John's College, Oxford.
- Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir is Assistant Professor of Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.
- Carolyne Larrington is Emeritus Professor of Medieval European Literature at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Research Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
- Summary:
- A wide ranging discussion of emotions in the key historically oriented prose genres of medieval Iceland, explored through a range of case studies.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. angr, hryggr (sadness) / Edel Maria Porter
- 2. ást (Christian love) / Siân Grønlie
- 3. ást, elska, unna (Secular love) / Sif Rikhardsdottir
- 4. aumka, líkn, sampíning (compassion) / Ásdís Egilsdóttir
- 5. berserksgangr and víghugr (going berserk and the killing mood) / Gareth Lloyd Evans
- 6. girnd (desire) / Alexander Wilson
- 7. gleði (happiness, joy) / Carolyne Larrington
- 8. harmr, ho¨rmung, sorg, tregi (grief) / Kristen Mills
- 9. leiðask, leiðendi, viðbjóðr (disgust) / Rebecca Merkelbach
- 10. ofsi (pride) / Kate Olley
- 11. ótti (fear) / Teodoro Manrique Antón
- 12. reiði (anger) / George Manning
- 13. skomm, skammask (shame) / Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7725-0
- 1-5261-7727-7
- OCLC:
- 1521842140
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