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Skaldsagas : Text, Vocation, and Desire in the Icelandic Sagas of Poets / ed. by Russell Gilbert Poole. - Reprint 2012 - 1 online resource (365 p.) - Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 27 1866-7678 ; .

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- The Skald Sagas as a Genre: Definitions and Typical Features -- The Dating and Attributions of Verses in the Skald Sagas -- The Relation between Verses and Prose in Bjarnar saga Hitdoelakappa -- The Relation between Verses and Prose in HallfreÒar saga and Gunnlaugs saga -- The Prosimetrum Form 1: Verses as the Voice of the Past -- TheProsimetrum Form 2: Verses as the Basis for Saga Composition and Interpretation -- Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 1: Other Icelandic Genres -- Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 2: Possible European Contexts -- Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 3: The Love Triangle Theme -- Representations of Skalds in the Sagas 1: Social and Professional Relations -- Representations of Skalds in the Sagas 2: Gender Relations -- Literature -- Notes on contributors -- Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9783110169706 9783110823547

Standard No.: 10.1515/9783110823547 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sagas--History and criticism.
Kongress.
Skaldendichtung.
Stanford ‹Calif., 1995›.
HISTORY / General.

LC Class. No.: PT7181 / .S62 2001eb

Dewey Class. No.: 839.61