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This book was first published in Icelandic in 2002 by The Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland under the title "Túlkun Íslendingasagna í ljósi munnlegrar hefðar: Tilgáta um aðferð", as volume 56 in the "Rit" series. Translated by Nicholas Jones. This work explores the role of orality in shaping and evaluating medieval Icelandic literature. Applying field studies of oral cultures in modern times to this distinguished medieval literature, Gísli Sigurðsson asks how it would alter our reading of medieval Icelandic sagas if it were assumed they had grown out of a tradition of oral storytelling, similar to that observed in living cultures. Sigurðsson examines how orally trained lawspeakers regarded the emergent written culture, especially in light of the fact that the writing down of the law in the early twelfth century undermined their social status. Part II considers characters, genealogies, and events common to several sagas from the east of Iceland between which a written link cannot be established. Part III explores the immanent or mental map provided to the listening audience of the location of Vinland by the sagas about the Vinland voyages. Finally, this volume focuses on how accep

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Author

Gísli Sigurðsson

Publisher

Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature, Harvard University : Distributed by Harvard University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780674014572

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.2 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13