"Speak useful words or say nothing"
Subtitle: old Norse studies
By: by Joseph Harris ; edited by Susan E. Deskis and Thomas D. Hill
Contributors: Deskis, Susan E.. E diteur scientifique; Hill, Thomas D. (1940-....). E diteur scientifique
Series: Islandica -- 53; Islandica -- 53.
Publisher: Cornell University Library
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng; non
Format: [Texte imprime ] :
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780935995138
Subjects: Oral tradition; History and criticism; Old Norse language; Sagas; Histoire et critique; Old Norse literature; Norse Inscriptions; Litte rature vieux-norroise; Eddas; History
Notes: Notes bibliogr. en bas de pages.
Table of contents: title: Christian Form and Christian Meaning in Ha lldors pa ttr I; title: Qgmundar pa ttr dytts ok Gunnars helmings: Unity and Literary Relations; title: The Masterbuilder Tale in Snorri's Edda and Two Sagas; title: Theme and Genre in Some I slendinga p©Œttir; title: Gu©ʻru narbro g©ʻ and the Saxon Lay of Grimhild's Perfidy; title: The King in Disguise: An International Popular Tale in Two Old Icelandic Adaptations; title: Satire and the Heroic Life: Two Studies (Helgakvi©ʻa Hundingbana I, 18 and Bjorn Hi td©Œlakappi's Gra magafli m); title: Eddic Poetry as Oral Poetry: The Evidence of Parallel Passages in the Helgi Poems for Questions of Composition and Performance; title: Saga as Historical Novel; title: Gender and Genre: Short and Long Forms in the Saga Literature; title: Love and Death in the Ma nnerbund: An Essay with Special Reference to the Bjarkama l and The Battle of Maldon; title: Romancing the Rune: Aspects of Literacy in Early Scandinavian Orality