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The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry / Kirsten Wolf, Natalie M. van Deusen.

By:

Wolf, Kirsten [author.]

Contributor(s):

van Deusen, Natalie M [author.]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781487511722

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LOC classification:

Z2556

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Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Symbols -- Bibliography -- I. Catalogues and Bibliographies -- II. Editions and Collections -- III. General Works -- IV. Individual Saints -- Index of Manuscripts

Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE ENGLISH 2017Title is part of eBook package: EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural and Area Studies 2017Title is part of eBook package: UTP eBook-Package Pilot 2017Title is part of eBook package: University of Toronto Press Pilot 2014-2019Title is part of eBook package: University of Toronto Press Pilot 2016-2017Title is part of eBook package: University of Toronto Press ebook package 2017Summary: The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). While its predecessor dealt primarily with medieval prose texts about the saints, this volume not only focuses on medieval poems about saints but also on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. The handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual poems with references to approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the poem in question. These features combine to make The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.

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The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). While its predecessor dealt primarily with medieval prose texts about the saints, this volume not only focuses on medieval poems about saints but also on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. The handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual poems with references to approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the poem in question. These features combine to make The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.

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In English.

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