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02247aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 8B64BD56580511E8A8F83C5097128E48 003 SILO 005 20180515010114 008 170619t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1843844818 020 $a 9781843844815 035 $a (OCoLC)990548701 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d BTCTA $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d CDX $d SILO 050 4 $a PT7181 $b .D85 2017 082 04 $a 839/.63009 $2 23 100 1 $a Duke, Sian Elizabeth, $d 1973- $e author. 245 14 $a The saint and the saga hero : $b hagiography and early Icelandic literature / $c Sian E. Gr©ınlie. 264 1 $a Cambridge : $b D. S. Brewer, $c 2017. 300 $a xi, 306 pages : $b color illustration ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Studies in Old Norse Literature, $x 2514-0701 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-295) and index. 520 8 $a "The relationship between that most popular of medieval genres, the saint's life, and the sagas of the Icelanders is investigated here. Although saga heroes are rarely saints themselves - indeed rather the reverse - they interact with saints in a variety of ways: as ancestors or friends of saints, as noble heathens or converts to Christianity, as innocent victims of violent death, or even as anti-saints, interrogating aspects of saintly ideology. Via detailed readings of a range of the sagas, this book explores how saints' lives contributed to the widening of medieval horizons, allowing the saga authors to deveop multiple perspectives (moral, eschatalogical, psychological) on traditional feud narratives and family dramas. The saint's life introduced new ideals to the saga world, such as suffering, patience and feminine nurture, and provided, through dreams, visions and signs, ways of representing the interior life and of engaging with questions of merit and reward. In dialogue with the ideology of the saint, the saga hero develops into a complex and multi-faceted figure."--Cover page 4. 650 0 $a Sagas $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Saints in literature. 830 0 $a Studies in Old Norse literature. $x 2514-0701 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020023509.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8B64BD56580511E8A8F83C5097128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search