New Norse Studies, edited by Jeffrey Turco, gathers twelve original essays engaging aspects of Old Norse Icelandic literature that continue to kindle the scholarly imagination in the twenty-first century. The assembled authors examine the arriere-scene of saga literature; the nexus of skaldic poetry and saga narrative; medieval and post-medieval gender roles; and other manifestations of language, time, and place as preserved in Old Norse Icelandic texts. This volume will be welcomed not only by the specialist and by scholars in adjacent fields but also by avid general readers,...
New Norse Studies, edited by Jeffrey Turco, gathers twelve original essays engaging aspects of Old Norse Icelandic literature that continue to kind...
