Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders

Margaret Clunies Ross

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Margaret Clunies Ross

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: January 2023
Print publication year:: 2022
Online ISBN:: 9781800106116
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781800106116

Subjects:: Literature, European and World Literature: General Interest
Series:: Studies in Old Norse Literature

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The first full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

List of Tables
pp viii-viii

Acknowledgements
pp ix-ix

Sigla for Poetry Cited in this Book
pp x-xxviii

List of Abbreviations
pp xxix-xxxvi

A Note on Heiti and Kennings
pp xxxvii-xxxviii

Introduction
pp 1-9

1 - The Poetic Corpus
pp 10-30

2 - Poetry in an Icelandic Environment
pp 31-50

3 - The Authenticity Question
pp 51-76

4 - Strategies of Poetic Communication
pp 77-97

5 - Subjects of Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
pp 98-133

6 - A Suitable Literary Style
pp 134-156

7 - New Emphases in Late Sagas of Icelanders
pp 157-177

8 - Sagas without Poetry
pp 178-196

Conclusion
pp 197-199

Glossary of Old Norse Terms
pp 200-202

Bibliography
pp 203-214

Index
pp 215-222

Studies in Old Norse Literature
pp 223-223

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