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Cultural Legacies of Old Norse Literature : New Perspectives by Dustin Geeraert; Heather O'Donoghue; Tom Shippey; Professor M J Toswell; Dr. Christopher Crocker; Dr. Martina Ceolin; Dr. Christopher Crocker; Dustin Geeraert; Professor Ármann Jakobsson; Ryan E. Johnson; Meghan Korten; Professor Andrew McGillivray is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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An exciting new collection of essays exploring the startling variety of transformations of Old Norse texts, and their legacy in later literary cultures.The'Viking Age'of medieval Scandinavia, with its heathen religion and heroic literature, continues to fascinate readers, writers, students, scholars, poets, artists, and creators of all kinds around the world. This cultural legacy is preserved in Old Norse literature, much of it composed and produced in Iceland, an island with a unique position in relation to the ebb and flow of religions, institutions, and empires. The chapters in this book examine many topics in Old Norse literature: the mysterious personas of the god Odin, the strange origins of poetry and scholarship, the cryptic lore of the elusive dwarfs, the fame of the dragon-slayer Sigurd and the defiant'Sworn Brothers', the early settlement of Iceland, trade in the medieval north, and the history of literary production. Several contributors upend traditional interpretations of their topics, while others offer new insights into the rich modern artistic reception of Norse myth. These studies reveal the striking resilience and adaptability of Old Norse narrative traditions, w

Author

Dustin Geeraert; Heather O'Donoghue; Tom Shippey; Professor M J Toswell; Dr. Christopher Crocker; Dr. Martina Ceolin; Dr. Christopher Crocker; Dustin Geeraert; Professor Ármann Jakobsson; Ryan E. Johnson; Meghan Korten; Professor Andrew McGillivray

Publisher

D.S. Brewer

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781800106109

Subjects

Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, History