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Journal articles on the topic "Old Norse prose literature"

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Jakubczyk, Radosław. "Guðbrandur Vigfússon as an editor of Old Norse-Icelandic literature." Folia Scandinavica Posnaniensia 21, no. 1 (2016): 19–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/fsp-2016-0046.

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Abstract Guðbrandur Vigfússon, an Icelander born in Galtardalur, Dalasýsla, was without doubt one of the most influential scholars of Old Norse studies of his day. His diplomatic edition of Flateyjarbók, his critical edition of Sturlunga saga, and his anthology An Icelandic Prose Reader are still of use to those without access to the relevant manuscripts. In this essay, I would like to survey his career (in Copenhagen and Oxford) as an editor of Old Norse-Icelandic texts and the legacy that he has left to his successors in the field of Old Norse studies.

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Visovan, Cristina. "Old Norse gods in contemporary Norwegian novels." Vikings: New Inquiries into an Age-Old Theme 9, no. 2 (2017): 31–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.53604/rjbns.v9i2_4.

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Old Norse mythology is one of the most prolific fields in modern times. From a scholarly renewed interest to a more popular based reception, the old myths and gods seem to have been revived. The following article deals with the representation and role of two of the Old Norse gods, Odin and Ty, in contemporary Norwegian literature. It discusses in a comparative way the image of the Old Norse gods as presented by the written sources about the Viking mythology, The Poetic Edda and The Prose Edda, and by the contemporary novels that have them as main characters. Contemporary problems that trouble

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Jackson, Tatjana. "“Sea-Kings” in Old Norse-Icelandic Sources." ISTORIYA 15, no. 5 (139) (2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207987840031428-9.

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The paper deals with the “sea kings” who are mentioned in the works of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. An attempt is made to present all possible references contained in the sources: in sagas of various types and þættir, as well as in treatises on poetics and in skaldic poetry. As can be seen from prose works, the definition sækonungr “sea king” could be applied to the sons of local petty kings who during the summers participated in Viking campaigns but spent the winters on land and completed their military career as heirs of their fathers or rulers of captured territories. The set of names of

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Krakow, Annett. "The Polish interest in the Eddas — Joachim Lelewel’s Edda of 1828." European Journal of Scandinavian Studies 50, no. 1 (2020): 111–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ejss-2020-0006.

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AbstractIn the second half of the 18th century and early 19th century, a rising interest in Old Norse literature outside the Nordic countries could be noted that, to a great deal, focused on the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda as sources for Norse mythology. This interest is also reflected in the works of the Polish historian Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861) who, in 1807 and 1828, published translations and retellings of the Poetic and the Prose Edda. These were based on French, German and Latin translations. The second edition of 1828 is characterised by a more comprehensive section with eddic poet

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Sheffield, Ann. "Remembering Heathen Women in Medieval Icelandic Literature." Scandinavian-Canadian Studies 28 (December 1, 2021): 122–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.29173/scancan204.

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ABSTRACT: Several Icelandic texts from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries depict female characters from the pre-Christian past. In both poetry and prose, these heathen women are often portrayed as recalling the old, pre-Christian religion or the magical practices associated with it. Within this literature, different genres correlate with strata of cultural memory that are associated with different periods in Norse history and pre-history. This link between genre and era is largely independent of the actual dates of composition of the texts or the historicity of the events they describe. A

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Grimstad, Kaaren. "Ordbog over det norrøne prosasprog/A Dictionary of Old Norse Prose, 1: A-Bam.Helle Degnbol." Speculum 73, no. 2 (1998): 501. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2887187.

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Antonsson. "The Construction of Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka: A Case of Typological Thinking in Early Old Norse Prose." Scandinavian Studies 90, no. 4 (2018): 485. http://dx.doi.org/10.5406/scanstud.90.4.0485.

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Lehkyi, M. І. "“THIS IS A SYNTHESIS IN THE SUPREME UNDERSTANDING OF THIS WORD”: IVAN FRANKO ON THE WAY TO MODERNISM." Literary Studies, no. 62 (2022): 75–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.1(62).75-86.

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The article considers the prose of Ivan Franko of the late XIX – early XX centuries. in the context of the processes of renewal of Ukrainian literature. In the prose works of the writer are clearly visible features of such stylistic varieties of modernism as decadence, symbolism, impressionism, expressionism, surrealism. In many ways, modernism seems to return (at another level of development) to the “old” romanticism, including the independence of the individual from the social conditions of its existence, the abstraction of the individual from the general, the unusualness and singularity of

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Antonsson, Haki. "Kirsten Wolf, The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013. Pp. xiv, 405. $80. ISBN: 978-1-4426-4621-6." Speculum 91, no. 1 (2016): 272–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/684467.

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de Leeuw van Weenen, Andrea. "Old Icelandic veri." Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik 82, no. 4 (2022): 481–529. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18756719-12340274.

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Abstract In Modern Icelandic the form veri of the verb vera ‘to be’ is seen as a subjunctive expressing a wish. Treating Old Norse veri, earlier vesi, as an imperative of the third person simplifies the vera paradigm. A survey of the oldest attestations shows that veri not only fits qua form in the imperative paradigm, but also behaves like an imperative and expresses a command. The hypothesis that veri is an imperative can be extended to: Old Norse had an imperative of the 3rd person consisting of stem+i. What usually is called the use of the 3rd person subjunctive to fill in for the missing

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Old Norse prose literature"

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Breen, Gerard John. "The Berserkr in Old Norse and Icelandic literature." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1999. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/251680.

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Mackenzie, Colin Peter. "Vernacular psychologies in Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5290/.

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This thesis examines the vernacular psychology presented in Old Norse-Icelandic texts. It focuses on the concept 'hugr', generally rendered in English as ‘mind, soul, spirit’, and explores the conceptual relationships between emotion, cognition and the body. It argues that despite broad similarities, Old Norse-Icelandic and Old English vernacular psychology differ more than has previously been acknowledged. Furthermore, it shows that the psychology of Old Norse-Icelandic has less in common with its circumpolar neighbours than proposed by advocates of Old Norse-Icelandic shamanism. The thesis o

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Clark, David. "Vengeance and the heroic ideal in Old English and Old Norse literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401257.

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Carlsen, Christian. "Old Norse visions of the afterlife." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9b3b8518-912e-4425-8748-dea135e695d0.

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The nature of life after death is only tentatively sketched out in the canonical writings of the Christian Church, yet it represents one of the most prominent literary subjects in medieval Europe. The so-called Visiones represent a genre that enjoyed a particularly broad dissemination between the fourth and thirteenth centuries. This study aims to assess the impact of this Latin tradition on Norse-Icelandic authors and processes of cultural appropriation evident in medieval vernacular adaptations of the genre. The first chapter outlines the historical and theological conditions surrounding the

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McMahon, Brian. "The role of the storyteller in Old Norse literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:a4512f2f-4a77-476d-93ed-456fbaef1d5a.

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This thesis examines the figure of the oral storyteller as depicted in various Old Norse literary sources written down during the High Middle Ages, the majority in Iceland, between the mid-twelfth and early fourteenth centuries. It comprises a literary-critical discussion of how storytellers and the art of storytelling are imagined, interpreted and represented within these texts. Where possible, connections are drawn between genres, and across considerable temporal and geographical distances, in order to illustrate the strength and endurance of cultural preoccupations with disguise, narrative

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Fishwick, Stephanie Joanne. "The representation of boundaries and borderlands in old English and old Norse literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.543683.

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Fridriksdottir, Johanna Katrin. "Women, bodies, words and power : Women in old Norse literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527305.

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D'Arcy, Julian Meldon. "Certain aspects of Old Norse influence on modern Scottish literature." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.261379.

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The argument of this thesis is twofold. Firstly, it is to show that from the eighteenth century onwards Scottish scholars and writers have made a distinct and important contribution, hitherto mostly unnoted, to the dissemination of Old Norse history and literature in Britain. Furthermore Scottish writers such as Samuel Laing, Thomas Carlyle, and R.M. Ballantyne played a significant role in the creation of the literary notion of a Norse ethos which was to be a central point in the literary and journalistic debate in Scotland between c.1880 and 1940 on the relative merits of opposing Norse and C

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Bourns, Timothy. "Between nature and culture : animals and humans in Old Norse literature." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6f561cfd-74d7-4369-b4e8-a78f030ccb16.

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This thesis demonstrates how animals and humans are interconnected in Old Norse literature. The two categories are both constructed and challenged in a variety of ways, depending on the textual genre and animal species. It thus reveals medieval Norse-Icelandic ideas, values, and beliefs about animals. The thesis is theoretical, comparative, and interdisciplinary, yet firmly rooted in a close reading of the sagas and analysis of their cultural-historical context. The first chapter explores relationships between people and domestic animals, namely horses and dogs, and to a lesser extent, cats an

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Birkett, Thomas Eric. "Ráð Rétt Rúnar : reading the runes in Old English and Old Norse poetry." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e7ea1359-fedc-43a5-848b-7842a943ce96.

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Responding to the common plea in medieval inscriptions to ráð rétt rúnar, to ‘interpret the runes correctly’, this thesis provides a series of contextual readings of the runic topos in Anglo-Saxon and Old Norse poetry. The first chapter looks at the use of runes in the Old English riddles, examining the connections between material riddles and certain strategies used in the Exeter Book, and suggesting that runes were associated with a self-referential and engaged form of reading. Chapter 2 seeks a rationale for the use of runic abbreviations in Old English manuscripts, and proposes a poetic as

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Books on the topic "Old Norse prose literature"

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Tulinius, Torfi H. La "matière du Nord": Sagas légendaires et fiction dans la littérature islandaise en prose du XIIIe siècle. Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, 1995.

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Ralph, O'Connor, and O'Connor Anne, eds. Icelandic histories & romances. Tempus, 2002.

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L, Byock Jesse, ed. The prose Edda: Norse mythology. Penguin, 2005.

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O'Donoghue, Heather, ed. Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9780470776063.

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Friðriksdóttir, Jóhanna Katrín. Women in Old Norse Literature. Palgrave Macmillan US, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9781137118066.

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1179?-1241, Snorri Sturluson, ed. The prose Edda: Tales from Norse mythology. Dover Publications, 2006.

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Clunies, Ross Margaret, and International Saga Conference (11th : 2000 : Sydney, N.S.W.), eds. Old Norse myths, literature and society. University Press of Southern Denmark, 2003.

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Frog and Joonas Ahola. Folklore and old Norse mythology. Kalevala Society, 2021.

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Pernille, Hermann, Schjødt Jens Peter, and Kristensen Rasmus Tranum, eds. Reflections on Old Norse myths. Brepols, 2007.

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Sturluson, Snorri. Codex Trajectinus: The Utrecht manuscript of the Prose Edda. Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1985.

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Book chapters on the topic "Old Norse prose literature"

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Kalinke, Marianne. "Norse Romance (Riddarasögur)." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-008.

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Lindow, John. "Mythology And Mythography." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-003.

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Harris, Joseph. "Eddic Poetry." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-004.

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Frank, Roberta. "Skaldic Poetry." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-005.

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Andersson, Theodore M. "Kings’ Sagas (Konungasögur)." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-006.

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Clover, Carol J. "Icelandic Family Sagas (Íslendingasögur)." In Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cornell University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.7591/9781501741654-007.

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Wanner, Kevin J. "The Prose Edda." In The Cambridge History of Old Norse-Icelandic Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108762618.024.

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Kraus, Christina s. "Forging a national identity: Prose literature down to the time of Augustus." In Literature in the Roman World. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192893017.003.0002.

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Abstract Cato was an old man when Karneades the Academic and Diogenes the Stoic philosopher came to Rome Karneades was highly charismatic, no less impressive in reality than in reputation, and it was he in particular who won large and sympathetic audiences. Like a wind, his presence filled the city with noise, as the word spread about a Greek with an extraordinary ability to amaze his audiences. People said that he had instilled in the young men of the city a fierce passion which caused them to banish all their other pleasures and pastimes, and succumb to love of knowledge.... Right from the s

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Korovin, Andrey V. "The Phenomenon of Aladdin: Interpretation of Oriental Motives and Growth of National Self-Conscience in Danish Romantic Literature." In Translation, Interpretation, Commentary in the Eastern and Western Literature. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0710-6-149-178.

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The article deals with the problem of interpretation of Oriental motives and images in Danish literature of 19th century and their influence to the growth of Danish national self-identification in the period of Romanticism. The development of Romantic ideas in Denmark raises the interest to the national past — the time of Vikings and the same time — the interest to Orient, which is a very specific feature of Danish literature and art. Combination of Romantic nationalism and Orientalism is a result of the intention to look for roots of the national culture, when according to Old Norse sources t

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Andersson, Theodore M. "Old Norse-Icelandic Literature." In Early Germanic Literature and Culture. Boydell and Brewer, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781571136374-011.

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Conference papers on the topic "Old Norse prose literature"

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Yatsenko, Maria. "CALL FOR PRAYER IN THE OLD ENGLISH TRADITION: LINGUISTIC MEANS OF PRESENTING." In VII Readings in Memory of V. N. Yartseva. Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.37892/978-5-6049527-5-7-18.

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The article explores the linguistic methods employed in conveying the significant Christian invocation—a call for prayer—in Old English prose and poetry. This invocation finds its origins in Caedmon’s Hymn, the earliest known text of Old English poetry, which is notably unconventional. One of its distinctive features is the form of the call for prayer, highlighting the importance of comparing similar invocations in the broader context of Old English Christian literature genres. Research indicates that in homilies and commentaries on liturgical texts (such as the “Benedictine Office”), the call

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Ibadova, N. "A CHANGİNG MOSCOW: IMAGE OF THE CAPİTAL İN THE WORKS BY YU. TRİFONOV AND YU. POLYAKOV." In VIII International Conference “Russian Literature of the 20th-21st Centuries as a Whole Process (Issues of Theoretical and Methodological Research)”. LCC MAKS Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.29003/m3762.rus_lit_20-21/358-362.

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The article compares the poetics of embodiment of the image of Moscow in the prose of outstanding Russian writers Yu. Polyakov and Yu. Trifonov. The image of Moscow in the works of Trifonov and Polyakov is autobiographical and filled with the signs of time and the authors’personal attitudes. Moscow in the works of both writers has temporal and spatial multilayeredness. Urban toponymy is widely represented in the literary works of both authors. Both of them resort to the use of spatial oppositions. In Yu. Polyakov's work a new spatial opposition "city - province" appears, mythologems are actual

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