Poetry in fornaldarsögur (Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages) (English and Old Norse Edition)

This volume contains all the anonymous poetry from medieval Icelandic mythical-heroic sagas (fornaldarsogur), such as Heidreks saga, Gautreks saga, and other sagas set in prehistoric Scandinavia and more exotic locations. This diverse body of poetry is treated here for the first time as significant in its own right rather than as an appendage to the Poetic Edda. It also contains a new edition with extensive notes of Gunnlaugr Leifsson's Merlinuspa , based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Prophecies of Merlin , as well as the little-known but entertaining Skaufhala balkr by Svartr a Hofstodum, a mock-heroic poem about a fox. The Norse-Icelandic Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages project aims to produce a new edition of the known corpus of skaldic verse, including runic inscriptions in metrical form. In practice this means editing all poetry supposed to be from earliest times until c. 1400, which does not belong to the collection in the Codex Regius of the Elder Edda and related collections. This is the first edition of the skaldic corpus from first principles since Finnur Jónsson's Den Norsk-Islandske Skjaldedigtning (1912-15). It will be published in both book and electronic form as a critical edition with an English translation, editorial apparatus and notes. It will, however, in all cases re-examine the manuscript evidence for the poetic texts and their contexts. The edition will be produced in eight volumes, each one based on distinct source categories arranged in assumed chronological order, so that the manuscript contexts in which the poetry has been preserved will be kept in view. This basis of selection, plus the inclusion of an English translation and notes, should prove useful to readers outside skaldic studies, such as historians, archaeologists and scholars of other medieval literatures, who have previously found skaldic verse rather inaccessible. The volume of runic poetry will also contain images of the objects on which the inscriptions were carved. There will be a ninth volume comprising various indices and a complete bibliography of works relevant to skaldic poetry Volume 1, Part 1-2. Poetry From The Kings' Sagas 1 : From Mythical Times To C. 1035 / Edited By Diana Whaley -- Volume 2, Part 1-2. Poetry From The Kings' Sagas 2 : From C. 1035 To C. 1300 / Edited By Kari Ellen Gade -- Volume 3, Part 1-2.. Poetry From Treatises On Poetics -- Volume 4. Poetry On Icelandic History -- Volume 5. Poetry In Sagas Of Icelanders -- Volume 6. Runic Poetry -- Volume 7. Poetry On Christian Subjects -- Volume 8. Poetry In Fornaldarsögur -- Volume 9. Bibliography And Indices. Editorial Board Under The Auspices Of The Medieval And Early Modern Centre, University Of Sydney ; Margaret Clunies Ross [and Others]. Volume 7 Published 2007; Volume 1 Published 2012. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. Icelandic Texts With Extensive Editorial Matter. "Poetry in fornaldarsögur is a new edition of the corpus of poetry, mostly in eddic metres, from Icelandic mythical-heroic sagas. This volume contains all the anonymous poetry from medieval Icelandic mythical-heroic sagas (fornaldarsögur), such as Heiðreks saga, Gautreks saga, and other sagas set in prehistoric Scandinavia and more exotic locations. This diverse body of poetry is treated here for the first time as significant in its own right rather than as an appendage to the Poetic Edda. It also contains a new edition with extensive notes of Gunnlaugr Leifsson's Merlínuspá, based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's Prophecies of Merlin, as well as the little-known but entertaining Skaufhala bálkr by Svartr á Hofstöðum, a mock-heroic poem about a fox"--Publisher's description