Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Margaret Clunies Ross
Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders
Margaret Clunies Ross
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First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed.
Replete with tables summarizing a wealth of data, Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders will be of great interest to readers of this little-studied but fascinating group of poems, and of the artful prosimetra that contain them.
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.
Replete with tables summarizing a wealth of data, Poetry in Sagas of Icelanders will be of great interest to readers of this little-studied but fascinating group of poems, and of the artful prosimetra that contain them.
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.