The weather in the Icelandic sagas : the enemy without / by Bernadine McCreesh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCreesh, Bernadine, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sagas--History and criticism.

Sagas.

Weather in literature.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

The descriptions of the weather in medieval Icelandic sagas have long been considered unimportant, mere adjuncts to the action. This is not true: the way the weather is depicted can give us an insight into the minds of medieval Icelanders. The first part of this book illustrates how the Christian world-view of authors of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries influenced their descriptions of meteorological conditions in earlier times. The second part is more literary in approach. It points out the formulaic nature of descriptions of storms, and shows how references to the weather help to structure the narrative in some sagas. It also demonstrates how medieval Icelandic attitudes to the weather affect the portrayal of the hero.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Note on Icelandic Spelling and on the Translations

Abbreviations

Part One: Historical and Anthropological Approaches to the Weather

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Part Two: Literary Approaches to the Weather

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-2559-7

OCLC:

1183030491