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The Book of Reykjaholar : The Last of the Great Medieval Legendaries.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (335 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442680562
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Book of ReykjaholarDDC classification:
  • 839/.63
LOC classification:
  • PT7192 .K355 1996
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Legenden/Lügenden -- 2 The Eve of the Reformation in Iceland -- 3 The Low German Sources of Reykjahólabók -- 4 Björn porleifsson of Reykjahólar: Copyist, Translator, Editor, and Compiler -- 5 The Communion of Saints -- 6 'God alone knows whether this legend is true' -- 7 Sacred Romances -- 8 Björn Porleifsson: Collector of Myths -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Marianne E. Kalinke presents a literary analysis of the Reykjahólar legendary, demonstrating what kind of sources the translator used in his compilation and how he collected, combined, and adapted these texts to suit his Icelandic audience.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 Legenden/Lügenden -- 2 The Eve of the Reformation in Iceland -- 3 The Low German Sources of Reykjahólabók -- 4 Björn porleifsson of Reykjahólar: Copyist, Translator, Editor, and Compiler -- 5 The Communion of Saints -- 6 'God alone knows whether this legend is true' -- 7 Sacred Romances -- 8 Björn Porleifsson: Collector of Myths -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Marianne E. Kalinke presents a literary analysis of the Reykjahólar legendary, demonstrating what kind of sources the translator used in his compilation and how he collected, combined, and adapted these texts to suit his Icelandic audience.

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