Stories Set Forth with Fair Words
The Evolution of Medieval Romance in Iceland
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2017
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
9781786830678 (ISBN)
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
9781786830678 (ISBN)
The book explores the foundation, growth and flowering of medieval romance in Iceland.
This book is an investigation of the foundation and evolution of romance in Iceland. The narrative type arose from the introduction of French narratives into the alien literary environment of Iceland and the acculturation of the import to indigenous literary traditions. The study focuses on the oldest Icelandic copies of three chansons de geste and four of the earliest indigenous romances, both types transmitted in an Icelandic codex from around 1300. The impact of the translated epic poems on the origin and development of the Icelandic romances was considerable, yet they have been largely neglected by scholars in favour of the courtly romances. This study attests the role played by the epic poems in the composition of romance in Iceland, which introduced the motifs of the aggressive female wooer and of Christian-heathen conflict.
This book is an investigation of the foundation and evolution of romance in Iceland. The narrative type arose from the introduction of French narratives into the alien literary environment of Iceland and the acculturation of the import to indigenous literary traditions. The study focuses on the oldest Icelandic copies of three chansons de geste and four of the earliest indigenous romances, both types transmitted in an Icelandic codex from around 1300. The impact of the translated epic poems on the origin and development of the Icelandic romances was considerable, yet they have been largely neglected by scholars in favour of the courtly romances. This study attests the role played by the epic poems in the composition of romance in Iceland, which introduced the motifs of the aggressive female wooer and of Christian-heathen conflict.
Marianne Kalinke is Professor Emerita of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also held the Trowbridge Chair in Literary Studies.
Preface1.Translation in Norway2.Tinkering with the Translations3.Chansons de geste in Iceland4.Stories Set Forth with Fair Words5.Icelandic Innovations6.The Beginnings of Icelandic Romance7.Icelandic Romance as Critique and SequelEpilogueBibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.05.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
| Verlagsort | Wales |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 172 x 244 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781786830678 / 9781786830678 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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