Heroic Sagas and Ballads / / Stephen A. Mitchell.
In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1991 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Myth and Poetics
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Assessments
- CHAPTER 2. Origins and Influences
- CHAPTER 3. Uses and Functions
- CHAPTER 4. The Legacy Renewed
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography
- Index