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The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose
Contributor(s): Wolf, Kirsten (Author)
ISBN: 1442646217     ISBN-13: 9781442646216
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
OUR PRICE:   $96.90  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: September 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Medieval
- Reference | Bibliographies & Indexes
Dewey: 016.839
LCCN: 2013387510
Series: Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (Tonis)
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.70 lbs) 424 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
 
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Saints' legends form a substantial portion of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, and can be found in more than four hundred manuscripts or fragments of manuscripts dating from shortly before the twelfth century to the 1700s.
With The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlist The Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose. This updated handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual lives with references to the approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the legend in question. These features combine to make The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.

Contributor Bio(s): Wolf, Kirsten: - Kirsten Wolf is Kim Nilsson Professor and Torger Thompson Chair in the Department of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.