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dc.contributor.authorClover, Carol J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-29T15:49:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-29T15:49:05Z
dc.date.issued1982
dc.identifierONIX_20230329_9781501740510_23
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62037
dc.description.abstractWritten 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSB Literary studies: general::DSBB Literary studies: ancient, classical and medievalen_US
dc.subject.otherLiterary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
dc.subject.otherFolklore, myths and legends
dc.subject.otherLiterature: history and criticism
dc.titleThe Medieval Saga
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.7298/spjj-z073
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy06a447d4-1d09-460f-8b1d-3b4b09d64407
oapen.relation.isFundedBy0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740510
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740527
oapen.relation.isbn9781501740503
oapen.imprintCornell University Press
oapen.pages222
oapen.place.publicationIthaca
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oapen.grant.programOpen Book Program


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