Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World: Essays in Honour of Margaret Clunies Ross (MEDIEVAL TEXTS AND CULTURES OF NORTHERN EUROPE)

This volume presents twenty essays by leading scholars of Old Norse which bring into focus the nature of learned traditions -- both oral and written -- in medieval Scandinavia and the interpretation and re-interpretation of them over time. Theoretical frameworks for understanding Old Norse literature is the initial topic of the collection, which then moves on to present recent work on Old Norse myth and society; current perspectives on oral traditions in performance and text; and reflections on medieval ideas about language, both vernacular and Latin. The collection is rounded off by a section on prolonged traditions -- the transformation of local and imported traditions into new literary forms. Individual essays in the volume offer significant primary research as well as reconsiderations of key issues in scholarship, their subjects ranging widely, both conceptually and chronologically, around the twin themes of learning and understanding. Like the research of the volume's honorand, Margaret Clunies Ross, Learning and Understanding in the Old Norse World exemplifies the diversity and vigour of current research in the field of Old Norse and draws together philological, literary, historical and anthropological perspectives on the subject Front matter (“Contents”, “List of Abbreviations”, “List of Illustrations”, “Tabula Gratulatoria”), p. i Free Access Introduction, p. 1 Judy Quinn https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4064 The Speaking Bodies of Saga Texts, p. 13 Jürg Glauser https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4065 The Icelandic Saga as a Kind of Literature with Special Reference to its Representation of Reality, p. 27 Vésteinn Ólason https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4066 Political Echoes: Reading Eyrbyggja Saga in Light of Contemporary Conflicts, p. 49 Torfi H. Tulinius https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4067 Structuralist Approaches to Saga Literature, p. 63 Lars Lönnroth https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4068 Reconstructing Skaldic Encomia: Discourse Features in Þjóðólfr’s ‘Magnús verses’, p. 75 Diana Whaley https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4069 How Uniform Was the Old Norse Religion?, p. 105 Stefan Brink https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4070 Óðinn, Warriors, and Death, p. 137 Jens Peter Schjødt https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4071 Myth and Ritual in the Háleygjatal of Eyvindr skáldaspillir, p. 153 Russell Poole https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4072 Famous Last Words: Monologue and Dialogue in Hamðismál and the Realization of Heroic Tale, p. 177 John Hines https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4073 *The Immanent Saga of Guðmundr ríki, p. 201 Gísli Sigurđsson https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4074 The Art of Poetry and the Sagas of Icelanders, p. 219 Guđrún Nordal https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4075 Mansǫngr — a Phantom Genre?, p. 239 Edith Marold https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4076 Skaldic Poetry and Performance, p. 263 Stefanie Würth https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4077 Poetry, Dwarfs, and Gods: Understanding Alvíssmál, p. 285 John Lindow https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4078 The Notion of Effeminate Language in Old Norse Literature, p. 305 Mats Malm https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4079 Ælfric in Iceland, p. 321 Kari Ellen Gade https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4080 Old Icelandic Grammatical Literature: The Last Two Decades of Research (1983–2005), p. 341 Fabrizio D. Raschellà https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4081 The ‘Discourse of Counsel’ and the ‘Translated’ Riddarasögur, p. 375 Geraldine Barnes https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4082 Vatnsdœla saga: Visions and Versions, p. 399 Andrew Wawn https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4083 Skanderbeg: An Albanian Hero in Icelandic Clothing, p. 423 M. J. Driscoll https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4084 A Bibliography of Margaret Clunies Ross’s Publications, p. 447 Anna Hansen https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TCNE-EB.3.4085 Edited By Judy Quinn, Kate Heslop, And Tarrin Wills. Includes Bibliographical References.