Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders

by Margaret Clunies Ross (Editor), Kari Ellen Gade (Editor), Tarrin Wills (Editor)

Overview

An edition of long poems and stanzas attributed to the characters who appear in sagas of Icelanders (family sagas), including such well known figures as Egill Skallagrimsson, Gisli Sursson and Grettir Asmundarson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9782503518985
Publisher:	Brepols Publishers
Publication date:	03/28/2023
Series:	Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages , #5
Pages:	1750
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

MARGARET CLUNIES ROSS is an Emeritus Professor of English Language and Early English Literature at the University of Sydney and Adjunct Professor, School of Humanities, Adelaide University. She has published widely on Old Norse-Icelandic literature, including Norse mythology, Old Norse skaldic poetry, and Old Icelandic sagas. In 2018 she was appointed a Knight (Riddari) of the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for her services to Icelandic literature.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Poetic Corpus
2. Poetry in an Icelandic Environment
3. The Authenticity Question
4. Strategies of Poetic Communication
5. Subjects of Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
6. A Suitable Literary Style
7. New Emphases in Late Sagas of Icelanders
8. Sagas without Poetry
Conclusion
Glossary of Old Norse Terms
Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Replete with tables summarizing a wealth of data, Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders will be of great interest to readers of this little-studied but fascinating group of poems, and of the artful prosimetra that contain them.

Times Literary Supplement - Kate Heslop