A Companion To Old Norseicelandic Literature And Culture 2nd Edition Rory Mcturk Ed by Rory Mcturk (ed.) 9780470996867, 9780631235026, 0470996862, 0631235027 instant download after payment.

This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times.

• Comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field
  
• Reflects current debates among Old Norse-Icelandic scholars
  
• Pays attention to previously neglected areas of study, such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and the fantasy sagas
  
• Looks at the ways Old Norse-Icelandic literature is used by modern writers, artists and film directors, both within and outside Scandinavia
  
• Sets Old Norse-Icelandic language and literature in its wider cultural context

Content:
Chapter 1 Archaeology of Economy and Society (pages 7–26): Orri Vesteinsson
Chapter 2 Christian Biography (pages 27–42): Margaret Cormack
Chapter 3 Christian Poetry (pages 43–63): Katrina Attwood
Chapter 4 Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post?Medieval Times (pages 64–81): Jon Karl Helgason
Chapter 5 Eddic Poetry (pages 82–100): Terry Gunnell
Chapter 6 Family Sagas (pages 101–118): Vesteinn Olason
Chapter 7 Geography and Travel (pages 119–135): Judith Jesch
Chapter 8 Historical Background: Iceland 870–1400 (pages 136–154): Helgi Porlaksson
Chapter 9 Historiography and Pseudo?History (pages 155–172): Stefanie Wurth
Chapter 10 Language (pages 173–189): Michael Barnes
Chapter 11 Late Prose Fiction (lygisogur) (pages 190–204): Matthew Driscoll
Chapter 12 Late Secular Poetry (pages 205–222): Shaun Hughes
Chapter 13 Laws (pages 223–244): Gudmund Sandvik and Jon Vi?ar Sigur?sson
Chapter 14 Manuscripts and Palaeography (pages 245–264): Gu?var?ur Mar Gunnlaugsson
Chapter 15 Metre and Metric (pages 265–284): Russell Poole
Chapter 16 Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders (pages 285–301): Gisli Sigur?sson
Chapter 17 Pagan Myth and Religion (pages 302–319): Peter Orton
Chapter 18 The Post?Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature (pages 320–337): Andrew Wawn
Chapter 19 Prose of Christian Instruction (pages 338–353): Svanhildur Oskarsdottir
Chapter 20 Rhetoric and Style (pages 354–371): Porir Oskarsson
Chapter 21 Romance (Translated riddarasogur) (pages 372–387): Jurg Glauser
Chapter 22 Royal Biography (pages 388–402): Armann Jakobsson
Chapter 23 Runes (pages 403–426): Patrik Larsson
Chapter 24 Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research (pages 427–446): Ulfar Bragason
Chapter 25 Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldarsogur) (pages 447–461): Torfi H. Tulinius
Chapter 26 Short Prose Narrative (?attr) (pages 462–478): Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris
Chapter 27 Skaldic Poetry (pages 479–502): Diana Whaley
Chapter 28 Social Institutions (pages 503–517): Gunnar Karlsson
Chapter 29 Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas (pages 518–535): Judy Quinn