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Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
A Short Introduction
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From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
- An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
- Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse.
- An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland.
- Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed.
- Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; April 2008
254 pages; ISBN 9780470776834
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254 pages; ISBN 9780470776834
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Subject categories
- Academic > Literature > German literature > History of German literature > Prose
- Academic > Literature > Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic and Old Norwegian > Literary history and criticism
- Academic > Literature > German literature > Literary history and criticism
- Literary Criticism > European > German
- Foreign Language Books
- Folklore & Mythology
- Foreign Language Study
ISBNs
9780631236252
9780470776834
9780470707807
0470776838

