O'Donoghue Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

A Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-77683-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Introductions to Literature

From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers tothe colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

* * An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandicliterature.

* Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-knownareas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldicverse.

* An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language andculture of the first settlers in Iceland.

* Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature overthe ages, as views of the vikings have changed.

* Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to SeamusHeaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Donoghue, Heather

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations.
Chronology.
Preface.
1. Iceland.
The Beginnings.
Language.
Cultural Heritage.
Discovery and Settlement.
2. The Saga.
What Is a Saga?.
Are Family Sagas Medieval Novels?.
Are Family Sagas Chronicles of Times Past?.
Three Extracts: Egils saga, Vatnsdoela saga and Laxdoelasaga.
3. New Knowledge and Native Traditions.
Latin Learning.
Eddaic and Skaldic Verse.
Historical Writings.
Fornaldarsögur.
Riddarasögur and Rímur.
4. The Politics of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.
Iceland and Scandinavian Nationalism.
Old Norse-Icelandic as 'Ancient Poetry'.
Bishop Percy's Translations.
Gray's 'Norse Odes'.
The Romantic Viking.
Our Friends in the North.
Old Norse-Icelandic Studies in Academia.
The Debate about Saga Origins.
Why is Old Norse English Literature?.
Old Norse-Icelandic and English Medieval Literature.
5. The Influence of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature.
BlakeTolkien and Fantasy Literature.
Scott, Kingsley and Haggard.
Landor, Arnold and Morris.
Stevenson, Hardy and Galsworthy.
MacDiarmid, Mackay Brown, and Auden and MacNeice.
Heaney and Muldoon.
Appendix: Hrafnkell's Saga.
Glossary.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Heather O'Donoghue is Reader in Old Norse at Oxford University. She is a regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement.