Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction
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| Management number | 240571181 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$16.06 | Model Number | 240571181 | ||
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<p><b>From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.</b></p> <ul> <li>An introduction to the colourful world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature.</li> <li>Covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse.</li> <li>An introduction helps readers to appreciate the language and culture of the first settlers in Iceland.</li> <li>Looks at the reception of Old-Norse-Icelandic literature over the ages, as views of the vikings have changed.</li> <li>Shows how a whole range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by Old Norse-Icelandic literature.</li> </ul>
- Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literat Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Short Introduction, (Paperback)
- Author: Wiley-Blackwell
- ISBN: 9780631236269
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2004-02-27
- Page Count: 241
| Book format | Paperback |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Literature & Fiction |
| Publication date | February, 2004 |
| Pages | 241 |
| Reading level | Undergraduate |
| Subgenre | Literary Criticism |
| Series title | Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Wiley |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Edu focus | Languages |
| Assembled product height | 8.92 in |
| Assembled product weight | 0.85 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Literary Criticism |
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