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ISBN-13
978-1-80010-612-3 (9781800106123)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Margaret Clunies Ross is an Emeritus Professor of English Language and Early English Literature and Honorary Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Sydney, and Adjunct Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide. She has written extensively on Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, poetry and myth.
Introduction
1. The Poetic Corpus
2. Poetry in an Icelandic Environment
3. The Authenticity Question
4. Strategies of Poetic Communication
5. Subjects of Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
6. A Suitable Literary Style
7. New Emphases in Late Sagas of Icelanders
8. Sagas without Poetry
Conclusion
Glossary of Old Norse Terms
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