A Critical Companion to Old Norse Literary Genre
Series: Studies in Old Norse Literature; 5;
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Product details:
- Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Date of Publication 20 January 2026
- ISBN 9781843847656
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages389 pages
- Size 234x156 mm
- Weight 580 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 7 b/w illus. 672
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Short description:
A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature.
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A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature. We cannot read literary works without making use of the concept of genre. In Old Norse studies, genre has been central to the categorisation, evaluation and understanding of medieval prose and poetry alike; yet its definition has been elusive and its implications often left unexplored. This volume opens up fundamental questions about Old Norse genre in theory and in practice. It offers an extensive range of theoretical approaches, investigating and critiquing current terms and situating its arguments within early Scandinavian and Icelandic oral-literary and manuscript contexts. It maps the ways in which genre and form engage with key thematic areas within the literary corpus,noting the different kinds of impact upon the genre system brought about by conversion to Christianity, the gradual adoption of European literary models, and social and cultural changes occurring in Scandinavian society. A case-study section probes both prototypical and hard-to-define cases, demonstrating the challenges that actual texts pose to genre theory in terms of hybridity, evolution and innovation. With an annotated taxonomy of Old Norse genres and an extensive bibliography, it is an indispensable resource for contemporary Old Norse-Icelandic literary studies.
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Introduction - Massimiliano Bampi and Sif Rikhardsdottir Genre - Massimiliano Bampi Hybridity - Sif Rikhardsdottir Terminology - Lukas R--sli Form - Mikael Males Orality, Textuality and Performance - Judy Quinn Manuscripts and Codicology - J--hanna Katr--n Fri--riksd--ttir The Body Politic - Hans Jacob Orning Geography - Dale Kedwards Time and Space - Torfi H. Tulinius Memory - Pernille Hermann The Human Condition - Stefanie Gropper God(s) - Carolyne Larrington Wisdom - Brittany Schorn Skaldic poetry - Case study: The Poetry of Torf-Einarr Rognvaldsson of Orkney - Erin Goeres Eddic poetry - Case study: S--larlj---- - Carolyne Larrington ----ttir - Case study: Stj--rnu-Odda draumr - Elizabeth Ashman Rowe --slendingasogur - Case study: Vatnsd--la saga - Russell Poole Byskupas--gur and heilagra manna s--gur - Case study - Kevin J. Wanner Romance - Case Study - J--rg Glauser Annotated Taxonomy of Genres
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