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Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-09-11
Mått164 x 236 x 33 mm
Vikt760 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieToronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series (TONIS)
Antal sidor424
FörlagUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN9781442646216

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‘This landmark work of reference is of critical importance not only to Old Norse-Icelandic specialists but to all explorers of the textual hagiographic terrain of the Middle Ages.’- Geraldine Barnes (University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015) ‘As a work of reference Kirsten Wolf’s meticulous and deeply learned work will not only become indispensable Icelandic hagiography and religious life in Iceland but also, in light of the remarkable cross-fertilizations between types of Old Norse prose, for the students of medieval Icelandic literature in general.’- Haki Antonsson (Speculum January 2016)