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Medial perspectives on textual culture in the Icelandic Middle Ages
Among the texts examined are Sturlunga saga, a narrative cycle depicting the bitter feuding preceding Iceland's loss of independence in 1262/4; Hauksbók or 'Haukr's Book', a manuscript 'micro-library', containing among other things a history of the Christianisation of Iceland, narratives about legendary Vikings, the story of Troy, and computistical material; Víglundar saga, an exemplary romance in saga form; grammatical treatises in which native poetry is analysed in terms of classical rhetoric; and a tiny sixteenth-century manuscript of the vita of St Margaret, written as an amulet for the scribe's pregnant daughter. Showcasing medially-focu…
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Weitere Autoren: Glauser, Jürg (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-0340-1029-0
- EAN: 9783034010290
- Produktnummer: 18005807
- Verlag: Chronos
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Masse: H22.5 cm x B15.4 cm x D2.7 cm 531 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 29
- Gewicht: 531
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