The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry

The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry
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Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9781487511739
ISBN-13 : 1487511736
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Book Synopsis The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry by : Kirsten Wolf

Download or read book The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry written by Kirsten Wolf and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). While its predecessor dealt primarily with medieval prose texts about the saints, this volume not only focuses on medieval poems about saints but also on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. The handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual poems with references to approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the poem in question. These features combine to make The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.


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