A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature. Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Genre -- Hybridity -- Terminology -- Form -- Orality, Textuality and...
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A comprehensive guide to a crucial aspect of Old Norse literature. Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Genre -- Hybridity -- Terminology -- Form -- Orality, Textuality and Performance -- Manuscripts and Codicology -- The Body Politic -- Geography -- Time and Space -- Memory -- The Human Condition -- God(s) -- Wisdom -- Skaldic Poetry - A Case Study -- Eddic Poetry - A Case Study -- Pӕttir - A Case Study -- ĺslendingasǫgur - A Case Study -- Byskupasögur and heilagra manna sögur - A Case Study -- Romance - A Case Study -- Annotated Taxonomy of Genres -- Chronological Outline -- Works Cited -- Index.
