| Old Icelandic Literature and Society Contributor(s): Ross, Margaret Clunies (Editor), Clunies Ross, Margaret (Editor), Minnis, Alastair (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521631122 ISBN-13: 9780521631129 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $130.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 839.609 |
| LCCN: 99059860 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6" W x 9" (1.51 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature within its social context. An international team of specialists examines the ways in which the unique medieval social experiment in Iceland, a kingless society without an established authority structure, inspired a wealth of innovative writing composed in the Icelandic vernacular. The book shows how Icelanders explored their uniqueness through poetry, mythologies, metrical treatises, religious writing, and through saga, a new genre that textualized their history and incorporated oral traditions in a written form. |