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Heroic Sagas and Ballads

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Description for Heroic Sagas and Ballads Paperback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 399.

In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking age, although the stories, the tellers, and the audiences are clearly concerned with exactly this period of Scandinavian history.

Viewing these sagas as the products of highly diverse forms of inspiration and creation—some oral, some written—Mitchell explores their aesthetic and social dimensions, demonstrating their function both as entertainment and ... Read more

Heroic Sagas and Ballads addresses issues of central importance to medievalists, folklorists, comparatists, Scandinavianists, and students of the ballad.

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Product Details

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
398g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501707445
SKU
V9781501707445
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99-1

About Stephen A. Mitchell
Stephen A. Mitchell is Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages.

Reviews for Heroic Sagas and Ballads
Stephen A. Mitchell has written a well informed and informative book on an interesting subject. He shows an excellent knowledge of the texts as well as of the impressive amount of secondary literature on the question. He also is familiar with the philological problems as well as those pertaining to the transmission of texts and motifs between different areas of ... Read more

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