Popular Romance in Iceland : : The Women, Worldviews, and Manuscript Witnesses of Nítí¿a saga / / Sheryl McDonald Werronen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: McDonald Werronen, Sheryl,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Crossing Boundaries: Turku Medieval and Early Modern Studies ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 5 line drawings
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Manuscript Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; Part I. Romance Contexts --; 1. Manuscript Witnesses --; 2. Intertextuality --; 3. Setting the Scene --; Part II. Romance Characters --; 4. The Hero and her Rivals --; 5. Women Helping Women, and Other Minor Characters --; 6. Romance through the Eyes of the Narrator --; Conclusion --; Appendix Nítíða saga Text and Translation --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789048526154; 9783110667318; 9783110606447; 9783110662931; 9783110662849
• DOI: 10.1515/9789048526154?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sheryl McDonald Werronen.

A late medieval Icelandic romance about the maiden-king of France, the Nítíða saga was well received in its day and grew in popularity throughout post-Reformation Iceland. It has not, however, received the comprehensive scholarly analysis it deserves, or that other Icelandic sagas have received. Sheryl McDonald Werronen corrects that here, offering a detailed study of the saga and its presentation of women and the Icelandic worldview, including questions of identity, gender, female solidarity, and the romance genre itself.