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First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.

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This is the first book in English to deal with the twin subjects of Old Norse poetry and the various vernacular treatises on native poetry that were a conspicuous feature of medieval intellectual life in Iceland and the Orkneys from the mid-twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. Its aim is to give a clear description of the rich poetic tradition of early Scandinavia, particularly in Iceland, where it reached its zenith, and to demonstrate the so...

Guides students through the texts and contexts of the medieval Scandinavian saga.

Accessible guide to and description of the medieval poetic tradition in Scandinavia.

The first comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature set within its social and cultural context.

This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature within its social context. Leading experts examine the ways in which Iceland's unique social experiment, a kingless society without an established authority structure, inspired a wealth of writing including a new literary genre - the saga.

With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is designed for students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.