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Unwanted: Neglected Approaches, Characters, and Texts in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies The 9 essays collected in this volume are the result of a workshop for international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in Old Norse-Icelandic Saga Studies…
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Verheißung und Verderben: Das Motiv der Träume in der altnordischen Sagaliteratur Der prophetische Traum ist ein Motiv, das in der gesamten mittelalterlichen Literatur weit verbreitet ist, in der altnordischen Sagaliteratur allerdings in besonders hoher Frequenz…
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The history of the reinforced demonstrative in Nordic: Regional variation and reconstruction The task of reconstructing the reinforced demonstrative paradigm for early Nordic has been called “impossible” by the eminent Einar Haugen. In The History…
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Narrative in the Icelandic family saga: meanings of time in Old Norse literature Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank among some of…
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Isländersagas: Verschriftlichung und PolitisierungEingehende Analysen verschiedener Fassungen der Laxdœla saga und der Fóstbrœðra saga bilden die Grundlage von Yves Lenzins Studie. Unter den Prämissen der historischen Anthropologie nähert sich Lenzin seinen Gegenständen mit Methoden, die…
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Diebstahl und Raub in den Isländersagas: Einfallstore in die norröne Erzähl- und VorstellungsweltDiebstahl und Raub sind ebenso wie Gaben reziproke Handlungen mit vielfältigen literarischen Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Obwohl widerrechtliche Aneignungen schon auf den ersten Blick zu den…
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„A Norse saga in the truest sense of the word, this story follows one family through changing times of the Middle Ages. There are cursed swords, Viking love triangles, and why throwing stinky socks at…
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Exploring NORDIC COOL in literary historyHow did Nordic culture become associated with the fuzzy brand “cool”, as by default? In Exploring NORDIC COOL in Literary History twenty-one scholars in collaboration question the seemingly natural fit…
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Margins, monsters, deviants: alterities in old Norse literature and cultureThis anthology explores depictions of alterity, monstrosity and deviation in medieval Icelandic literature, Scandinavian history, and beyond. The authors explore issues of identity, genre, character and…
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Monsters in society: alterity, transgression, and the use of the past in Medieval IcelandDragons, giants, and the monsters of learned discourse are rarely encountered in the Sagas of Icelanders, and therefore, the general teratological focus…