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The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities. The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga scholarship over the last fifty years, sometimes juxtaposing it with earlier views and examining the sagas both as works of art and as source materials. This volume will be of interest to Old Norse and medieval Scandinavian scholars and accessible to medievalists in general.
Ármann Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval Icelandic Literature at the University of Iceland.Sverrir Jakobsson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Iceland.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Ármann Jakobsson and Sverrir Jakobsson1 Genre Massimiliano Bampi 2 Dating and Origins Chris Callow 3 Literacy Pernille Hermann4Ecclesiastical Literature and Hagiography Jonas Wellendorf5Courtly Literature Stefka G. Eriksen 6Indigenous andLatin LiteratureAnnette Lassen7History and FictionRalph O’Connor8StyleDaniel Sävborg9StructureÁrmann Jakobsson10Drama and Performativity Lena Rohrbach11The Long and the Short of It Elizabeth Ashman Rowe12Narratives and DocumentsPatricia Pires Boulhosa13SpaceSverrir Jakobsson 14TimeCarl Phelpstead 15Fate Stefanie Gropper16TravelEleanor Rosamund Barraclough17HeroismViðar Pálsson 18Gender Jóhanna K. Friðriksdóttir 19Emotions Christopher Crocker 20Marginality Bjørn Bandlien 21The Paranormal Mariusz Mayburd 22Christian Themes Haki Antonsson23Feud Santiago Barreiro 24Class Hans Jacob Orning25World View Sirpa Aalto26Artistic Reception Julia Zernack 27Digital Norse Jan Alexander van Nahl List of Contributors
"The volume is a useful complement to previously published, significant handbooks and, on its own, it will be a valuable research tool for those interested in medieval Icelandic sagas." -- M. B. Busbee, Samford University, CHOICE reviews