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Description edit
This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field, over a third of whom are Icelanders. At the same time, it conveys a sense of the mainland Scandinavian origins of the Icelandic people, and reflects the ongoing... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Snorri Sturluson: Add a description of this character.
- Karlsson
- Helgason
- Gylfi
- Helgi
- Kalinke
- Jo
- Gunnarr
- Whaley
- Kuhn
- Guðru
- Attwood
- Driscoll
- Einarsson
- Peter Foote
- Andersson
- Vésteinn
- Halvorsen
- Mckinnell
- Sverrir
- Clunies Ross
- Fr Tryggvason
- Eliade
- Guðmundr
- Icelander
- Nygaard
- Maurer
- Gustav
- Atli
- Margaret
- Gunnell
- Sigurðr
- Saxo Grammaticus
- Hughes
- Hermann
- Haraldsson
- Hans
- Magnüs
- Cormack
- Sigurður
- Sievers
- Paul Acker
- Jón
- Gyðinga
- Kirsten
Setting & Locations edit
- Norway
- Copenhagen
- Scandinavia
- London
- Greenland
- Sweden
- Denmark
- Oslo
- England
- Europe
- Middle Ages
- New York
- Benediktsson
- Althing
- Vinland
- Bergen
- Ska
- Njils
- North Atlantic
- Odense
- Uppsala
- Icelandic
- Sveinsson
- Reykjavik
- Orkney
- Christiania
- North America
- Þorla
- Æsir
- Ithaca
- Halldórsson
- Cambridge
- Rome
- Freyr
- Ireland
- Russia
- Heimskringla
- Historia
- Trondheim
- Sturlunga
- Sigurðsson
- Faeroes
- France
- Flateyjarbók
- Germany
- Oddi
- Neckel
- Hrafnkels
- Jerusalem
First Sentence edit
'Old Norse' defines the culture of Norway and Iceland during the Middle Ages.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. (publisher series)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 839.609
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