RE:writing : medial perspectives on textual culture in the Icelandic Middle Ages
RE:writing
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
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| Omfang | 328 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | Among the texts examined are 'Sturlunga saga', a narrative cycle depicting the bitter feuding preceding Iceland?s loss of independence in 1262/4; 'Hauksbók' or 'Haukr?s Book', a manuscript 'micro-library', containing among other things a history of the Christianisation of Iceland, narratives about legendary Vikings, the story of Troy, and computistical material; 'Víglundar saga', an exemplary romance in saga form; grammatical treatises in which native poetry is analysed in terms of classical rhetoric; and a tiny sixteenth-century manuscript of the vita of St Margaret, written as an amulet for the scribe?s pregnant daughter. Showcasing medially-focused responses to a wide range of medieval writing and textuality, the collection demonstrates the promise of a medial approach to Iceland?s extraordinarily rich and long-lived textual culture.
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| ISBN | 9783034010290
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