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Author:

Harris, Joseph, 1940-

Title:

"Speak useful words or say nothing" : Old Norse studies / by Joseph Harris ; edited by Susan E. Deskis and Thomas D. Hill.

Publisher:

Cornell University Library,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

xiv, 347 p. : 1 ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Old Norse literature--History and criticism.
Old Norse language--History.
Eddas--History and criticism.
Sagas--History and criticism.
Inscriptions, Norse.
Oral tradition.

Other Authors:

Deskis, Susan E.
Hill, Thomas D., 1940-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Christian form and Christian meaning in Halldórs þáttr I -- Ǫgmundar þáttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings : unity and literary relations -- The masterbuilder tale in Snorri's Edda and two sagas -- Theme and genre in some Íslendinga þættir -- Guðrúnarbrögð and the Saxon lay of Grimhild's perfidy -- The king in disguise : an international popular tale in two old Icelandic adaptations -- Satire and the heroic life : two studies (Helgakviða Hundingbana I, 18 and Bjorn Hítdœlakappi's Grámagaflím) -- Eddic poetry as oral poetry : the evidence of parallel passages in the Helgi poems for questions of composition and performance -- Saga as historical novel -- Gender and genre : short and long forms in the saga literature -- Love and death in the Männerbund : an essay with special reference to the Bjarkamál and The Battle of Maldon -- Romancing the rune : aspects of literacy in early Scandinavian orality.

Series:

Islandica : a series in Icelandic and Norse studies ; v. LIII

ISBN:

0935995064
9780935995060

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320187358

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)