The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200-1250)

by Theodore Murdock Andersson and Theodore M. Andersson

The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200-1250) is a study of the genesis of Old Icelandic prose literature from its roots in oral tradition to the compilation of key early sagas at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Theodore M. Andersson devotes special attention to the Icelandic sagas (kings' sagas or konungas gur) that narrate the careers of Norwegian kings, l fr Tryggvason and l fr Haraldsson prominent among...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0935995145
• ISBN13: 9780935995145
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Library
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher