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Medieval Saga

Carol J. Clover
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      Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Iceland—the period from about 930 to 1050. To some extent these elaborate tales are written versions of traditional sagas passed down by word of mouth. How did they become the long and polished literary works that are still read today?The evolution of the written sagas is commonly regarded as an anomalous phenomenon, distinct from contemporary developments in European literature. In this groundbreaking study, Carol J. Clover challenges this view and relates the rise of imaginative prose in Iceland directly to the rise of imaginative prose on the Continent. Analyzing the narrative structure and composition of the sagas and comparing them with other medieval works, Clover shows that the Icelandic authors, using Continental models, owe the prose form of their writings, as well as some basic narrative strategies, to Latin historiography and to French romance.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Carol J. Clover EAN: 9781501740503 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-08-15 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Old Norse, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Carol J. Clover is Professor Emerita of the Class of 1936 in the Departments of Scandinavian and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Medieval Saga and Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.
      Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Iceland—the period from about 930 to 1050. To some extent these elaborate tales are written versions of traditional sagas passed down by word of mouth. How did they become the long and polished literary works that are still read today?The evolution of the written sagas is commonly regarded as an anomalous phenomenon, distinct from contemporary developments in European literature. In this groundbreaking study, Carol J. Clover challenges this view and relates the rise of imaginative prose in Iceland directly to the rise of imaginative prose on the Continent. Analyzing the narrative structure and composition of the sagas and comparing them with other medieval works, Clover shows that the Icelandic authors, using Continental models, owe the prose form of their writings, as well as some basic narrative strategies, to Latin historiography and to French romance.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Carol J. Clover EAN: 9781501740503 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2019-08-15 CITY: GENRE: LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Old Norse, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Carol J. Clover is Professor Emerita of the Class of 1936 in the Departments of Scandinavian and Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Medieval Saga and Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film.

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