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Popular Romance in Iceland : The Women, Worldviews, and Manuscript Witnesses of Nítí¿a saga / Sheryl McDonald Werronen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 5Publisher: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) : 5 line drawingsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789089647955
  • 9789048526154
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 839/.63
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Manuscript Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Romance Contexts -- 1. Manuscript Witnesses -- 2. Intertextuality -- 3. Setting the Scene -- Part II. Romance Characters -- 4. The Hero and her Rivals -- 5. Women Helping Women, and Other Minor Characters -- 6. Romance through the Eyes of the Narrator -- Conclusion -- Appendix Nítíða saga Text and Translation -- Index
Summary: A late medieval Icelandic romance about the maiden-king of France, the Nítíða saga was well received in its day and grew in popularity throughout post-Reformation Iceland. It has not, however, received the comprehensive scholarly analysis it deserves, or that other Icelandic sagas have received. Sheryl McDonald Werronen corrects that here, offering a detailed study of the saga and its presentation of women and the Icelandic worldview, including questions of identity, gender, female solidarity, and the romance genre itself.
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Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Manuscript Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I. Romance Contexts -- 1. Manuscript Witnesses -- 2. Intertextuality -- 3. Setting the Scene -- Part II. Romance Characters -- 4. The Hero and her Rivals -- 5. Women Helping Women, and Other Minor Characters -- 6. Romance through the Eyes of the Narrator -- Conclusion -- Appendix Nítíða saga Text and Translation -- Index

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A late medieval Icelandic romance about the maiden-king of France, the Nítíða saga was well received in its day and grew in popularity throughout post-Reformation Iceland. It has not, however, received the comprehensive scholarly analysis it deserves, or that other Icelandic sagas have received. Sheryl McDonald Werronen corrects that here, offering a detailed study of the saga and its presentation of women and the Icelandic worldview, including questions of identity, gender, female solidarity, and the romance genre itself.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)