Author : Kirsten Wolf
Release : 2017-01-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 736/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry by : Kirsten Wolf
Download or read book The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry written by Kirsten Wolf. This book was released on 2017-01-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.