Disease and discomfort in medieval Iceland / Kirsten Wolf and Sune Wolf Pulsiano with the assistance of Jón Atli Árnason. Romance gone wrong in the sagas / T. M. Andersson -- Echoes of Egill -- politics and poetry among the Sturlungar / Margaret Clunies Ross 00 Fathers and sons: carnal and spiritual kinship in viking age encomium / Kate Heslop -- How the story "Das Abenteuer der Neujahrsnacht" (1818) by Heinrich Zschokke (1771-1848) became an Icelandic saga / Shaun F. D. Hughes -- Saga og forfatterskap / Jon Gunnar Jørgensen -- The dragon-slayer tale in Georgíuss saga, a sacred lygisaga / Marianne Kalinke -- Vinland -- paradise or pagan periphery? / Annette Lassen -- Some versifying objects in the sagas of Icelanders / John Lindow -- Sturla Þórðarson og soga om kong Magnus Lagabøte / Else Mundal -- Kvennaríma: cautionary tales for women in early modern Icelandic verse / Natalie M. Van Deusen -- Njála in Eyjafjörður, 1750-1800 / Andrew Wawn -- Disease and discomfort in medieval Iceland / Kirsten Wolf and Sune Wolf Pulsiano with the assistance of Jón Atli Árnason.
Summary:
An Icelandic Literary Florilegium, a special issue of New Norse Studies, is a smorgasbord of noteworthy studies and brings together twelve original articles. The various authors examine topics within the field of Old Norse-Icelandic and deal with a variety of literary genres, including the Sagas of Icelanders, kings' sagas, saints' lives, contemporary sagas, skaldic poetry, and post-Reformation compositions in verse and prose. There is no unifying theme, but all articles are written with Professor Úlfar Bragason in mind. Collectively, they present a heartfelt offering to him on the occasion of his seventieth birthday in gratitude for his friendship and scholarly support through many years. This book will be welcomed not only by specialists and scholars in adjacent fields, but also by avid general readers.
Series:
Islandica : a series in Icelandic and Norse studies ; volume lxii
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