Old Norse-Icelandic Literature
A Short Introduction
O'Donoghue, Heather (Linacre College, Oxford)
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2003
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From runic inscriptions to sagas, this book introduces readers to the world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. It covers mythology and family sagas, as well as less well-known areas, such as oral story-telling, Eddaic verse and skaldic verse. It shows how a range of authors from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney have been influenced by this literature.
- ISBN-13
- 9780631236269
- ISBN-10
- 0631236260
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Year
- 2003
- Publication date
- 2003-12-09
- Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 228 x 154 x 19
- Weight
- 382