Skaldsagas : : Text, Vocation, and Desire in the Icelandic Sagas of Poets / / ed. by Russell Gilbert Poole.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN)
• MitwirkendeR: Andersson, Theodore M.,; Clunies Ross, Margaret,; Finlay, Alison,; Gade, Kari Ellen,; Jochens, Jenny,; Lindow, John,; Marold, Edith,; Meulengracht Sǿrensen, Preben,; Poole, Russell,; Tuunius, Torfi H.,; Whaley, Diana,
• HerausgeberIn: Poole, Russell Gilbert,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Ergänzungsbände zum Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , 27
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (365 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• The Skald Sagas as a Genre: Definitions and Typical Features
• The Dating and Attributions of Verses in the Skald Sagas
• The Relation between Verses and Prose in Bjarnar saga Hitdoelakappa
• The Relation between Verses and Prose in HallfreÒar saga and Gunnlaugs saga
• The Prosimetrum Form 1: Verses as the Voice of the Past
• TheProsimetrum Form 2: Verses as the Basis for Saga Composition and Interpretation
• Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 1: Other Icelandic Genres
• Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 2: Possible European Contexts
• Skald Sagas in their Literary Context 3: The Love Triangle Theme
• Representations of Skalds in the Sagas 1: Social and Professional Relations
• Representations of Skalds in the Sagas 2: Gender Relations
• Literature
• Notes on contributors
• Index