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The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180–1280)

Autor Theodore M. Andersson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 apr 2006
In this book, Theodore M. Andersson, a leading scholar of the Norse sagas, introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of political and historical propositions. Beginning with the first full-length sagas and culminating in the acknowledged masterpiece Nj ls saga, Andersson emphasizes a historical perspective, establishing a chronology for seventeen of the most important sagas and showing how they evolve thematically and stylistically over the century under study.
Revisiting the long-standing debate about the oral and literary components of the sagas, Andersson argues that there is a clear progression from the somewhat mechanical gathering of oral lore in the early sagas to an increasingly tight and authorially controlled composition in the later sagas. The early sagas--including The Legendary Saga of Saint Olaf and Odd Snorrason's Saga of Olaf Tryggvason--focus on conspicuous individuals and their memorable deeds; later works are more apt to formulate the abstract problems and ideas that preoccupied their authors. As the authors begin to impose their views on the inherited narratives, the sagas become more and more critical and self-conscious, to the point where Nj ls saga may be considered not only to approximate a novel in our sense of the term but also to comment on the saga form.
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ISBN-13: 9780801444081
ISBN-10: 080144408X
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press

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Andersson introduces readers to the development of the Icelandic sagas between 1180 and 1280, a crucial period that witnessed a gradual shift of emphasis from tales of adventure and personal distinction to the analysis of politics and history.