A Companion To Old Norse-icelandic Literature A... -

: A related volume, Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide , is available in Paperback for approximately $52.00. Go to product viewer dialog for this item. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

: Chapters extend beyond literary analysis to include archaeology, social institutions, laws, and geography, setting the literature within its wider cultural and historical context. A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature a...

: Pagan myth and religion, runes, laws, and the role of women in Old Norse literature. : A related volume, Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A

: It highlights current academic discussions, making it a "crammed full" resource of facts, figures, and overviews of past and present scholarship. Table of Contents Highlights : Pagan myth and religion, runes, laws, and

: Family sagas, contemporary history (Sturlunga saga), and sagas of prehistory ( fornaldarsögur ).

: The text addresses traditional topics like Eddic poetry , Family sagas , and Kings' sagas while introducing previously neglected areas such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and translated knights' sagas.