| Studies in Ragnar's Saga Lodbrokar and Its Major Scandinavian Analogues Contributor(s): McTurk, Rory (Author) |
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ISBN: 0907570089 ISBN-13: 9780907570080 Publisher: Medium Aevum Monographs / Ssmll OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - History | Europe - Medieval |
| Dewey: 839 |
| Series: Medium Aevum Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.84 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Germany |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This saga, dealing with the exploits of Ragnarr and his sons in the British Isles and elsewhere, gives important insights into Britain's relations with Scandinavia in the ninth century and later. The monograph offers a new etymology for the hero's nickname, lothbrok, and examines in detail the saga's relationship to its Old Norse analogues in prose and verse, its Latin analogue in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus, and its ballad-analogues in Norwegian, Danish and Faroese. |