Cultural Legacies of Old Norse Literature
Regular price
€97.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
50-100
A32=Dr. Christopher Crocker
A32=Dr. Martina Ceolin
A32=Dustin Geeraert
A32=Heather O'Donoghue
A32=Meghan Korten
A32=Professor Andrew McGillivray
A32=Professor Armann Jakobsson
A32=Ryan E. Johnson
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
artistic reception
automatic-update
B01=Dr. Christopher Crocker
B01=Dustin Geeraert
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=DSBB
COP=United Kingdom
cultural legacy
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
dragon-slayer Sigurd
dwarfs
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
heathen religion
heroic literature
Iceland
Language_English
literary production
medieval Scandinavia
narrative traditions
Norse myth
Odin
Old Norse literature
Old Norse texts
PA=Available
poetry
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
settlement of Iceland
softlaunch
Sworn Brothers
trade in the medieval north
Viking Age
Product details
- ISBN 9781843846383
- Weight: 437g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Aug 2022
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
An exciting new collection of essays exploring the startling variety of transformations of Old Norse texts, and their legacy in later literary cultures.
The "Viking Age" of medieval Scandinavia, with its heathen religion and heroic literature, continues to fascinate readers, writers, students, scholars, poets, artists, and creators of all kinds around the world. This cultural legacy is preserved in Old Norse literature, much of it composed and produced in Iceland, an island with a unique position in relation to the ebb and flow of religions, institutions, and empires.
The chapters in this book examine many topics in Old Norse literature: the mysterious personas of the god Odin, the strange origins of poetry and scholarship, the cryptic lore of the elusive dwarfs, the fame of the dragon-slayer Sigurd and the defiant "Sworn Brothers", the early settlement of Iceland, trade in the medieval north, and the history of literary production. Several contributors upend traditional interpretations of their topics, while others offer new insights into the rich modern artistic reception of Norse myth. These studies reveal the striking resilience and adaptability of Old Norse narrative traditions, which retain their timeless appeal through a startling variety of contexts and changes in form.
Dustin Geeraert teaches English and Icelandic literature at the University of Manitoba. Christopher Crocker is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Iceland and teaches Icelandic literature at the University of Manitoba. Christopher Crocker is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Iceland and teaches Icelandic literature at the University of Manitoba. Dustin Geeraert teaches English and Icelandic literature at the University of Manitoba. M.J. TOSWELL is a Professor at theUniversity of Western Ontario.
