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A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture (Paperback; )

A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture edited by Rory McTurk. (ISBN ) Rory McTurk is Professor Emeritus of Icelandic Studies at the University of Leeds. Previously he taught at the Universities of Lund and Copenhagen and at University College, Dublin. This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture comprises 29 chapters written by leading scholars in the field, over a third of whom are Icelanders. At the same time, it conveys a sense of the mainland Scandinavian origins of the Icelandic people, and reflects the ongoing contact between Iceland and other countries and cultures. The volume highlights current debates among Old Norse-Icelandic scholars specializing in different aspects of the subject. Coverage of traditional topics is complemented by material on previously neglected areas of study, such as the sagas of Icelandic bishops and the translated knights' sagas. Chapters on 'archaeology', 'social institutions' and 'geography and travel' make it possible to view literature in its wider cultural context, while chapters on 'reception' and 'continuity' demonstrate the ways in which medieval Norse-Icelandic literature and culture overflow into the modern period. I am located in London and both post-delivery and collection are available. If interested in either of these two options, please feel free to contact me and ask for more information. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

Old Norse-Icelandic Literature A Short Introduction (Paperback; )

Heather O'Donoghue's Old Norse-Icelandic Literature A Short Introduction (ISBN ). Heather O’Donoghue is Reader in Old Norse at Oxford University. She is regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement. From runic inscriptions to sagas, this books introduces readers to the rich fictional and historical world of Old Norse-Icelandic literature. It describes and illustrates not only the deceptively novelistic narratives of the renowned family sagas, but also the strange brilliance of Eddaic and skaldic verse; with its vivid mythological, heroic or courtly settings, and the variety of other kinds of Old Norse poetry and storytelling. An introduction outlining the language and culture of the Viking age, when Iceland was first settled, helps readers to appreciate the background against which this literature developed. The book acts as an introduction not only to Old-Norse Icelandic literature, but also to its reception through the ages and its influence on literature written in English. The author shows how a whole range of writers from William Blake to Seamus Heaney have drawn on this body of work, and how it relates to English literature of earlier periods; even Hamlet appears in Old Norse texts. I am located in London and both post-delivery and collection are available. If interested in either of these two options, please feel free to contact me and ask for more information. Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

A Companion to Catalan Literature (Paperback)

This book is the only one of its kind in English. Part literary history,part literary criticism,it is above all a personal assessment of a rich and important body of work which is still not widely known outside Catalonia. Catalan literature,one of the three major Peninsular literatures,reached an impressive level of excellence in the middle ages,beginning with Ramon Llull and the chronicles,and culminating in the two great fifteenth-century writers,the poet Ausias March and Joanot Martorell,the auth

Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical and cultural context in which they wrote, to critics, literary theory, and allusions. Mint condition £9.50 buyer collects Ad ID: Delivery Service Consumer Credit

A Companion to Popular Culture (Hardcover)

A Companion to Popular Culture is a landmark survey of contemporary research in popular culture studies that offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. Includes over two dozen essays covering the spectrum of popular culture studies from food to folklore and from TV to technologyFeatures contributions from established and up-and-coming scholars from a range of disciplinesOffers a detailed history of the study of popular culture Balances new

Reading Skin in Medieval Literature and Culture (Hardcover)

Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world,as well as a powerful literary and visual image. Treating key medieval English texts and traditions,from romance and exemplum to technical treatises and encyclopedias,the essays in this collection show the subject of skin to be a peculiarly resistant and revealing mode of reading texts,highlighting not the hierarchy,but the interdependency of the senses,and laying bare the in

Culture and Practical Reason (Paperback)

The main thrust of this book is to deliver a major critique of materialist and rationalist explanations of social and cultural forms,but the in the process Sahlins has given us a much stronger statement of the centrality of symbols in human affairs than have many of our 'practicing' symbolic anthropologists. He demonstrates that symbols enter all phases of social life: those which we tend to regard as strictly pragmatic,or based on concerns with material need or advantage,as well as those which we

The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (Paperback)

Martin Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He transformed mainstream philosophy by defining its central task as asking the 'question of being'. His thought has contributed to the turn to hermeneutics and to postmodernism and poststructuralism. Moreover,the disclosure of his deep involvement in Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This edition brings to the fore other works,as well as alternative approache

The Cambridge Companion to Homer (Paperback)

The two Homeric poems,the Iliad and the Odyssey,have long been considered masterpieces,and their influence on subsequent Greek and Western literature has been immense. An international team of experts discusses the poems,their background and composition,and subsequent reception to the present day. Each chapter features contemporary critical insights and closes with a guide to further reading on the topic.

A Companion to Magical Realism (Paperback)

This new Companion to Magical Realism provides an assessment of the world-wide impact of a movement which was incubated in Germany,flourished in Latin America and then spread to the rest of the world. It provides a set of up-to-date assessments of the work of writers traditionally associated with magical realism such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez (in particular his recently published memoirs),Alejo Carpentier,Miguel ngel Asturias,Juan Rulfo,Isabel Allende,Laura Esquivel and Salman Rushdie,as well as brin

A Companion to the Classical Tradition (Paperback)

A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies.A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuriesComprises 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of expertsDivided into three sections: a chronological survey,a geographical survey,and a section illustrating the connections

Culture and the Problem of the Disciplines (Paperback)

What is the university's role in the production of cultural ideals? With increasingly interdisciplinary approaches being employed in scholarship,can we speak of discrete fields of study?The results of a collaborative research project by the Critical Theory Institute at the University of California,Irvine,this collection explores the role that scholars and universities play in shaping and defining culture,and how teaching and research institutions are changing in response to international movem

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Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature and Film

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A guide to English and American literature

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The Arts & Crafts Companion (Paperback)

A movement dedicated to the revival of traditional craftsmanship,Arts and Crafts was enthusiastically embraced by all those who had become disenchanted with shoddy mass-production at the turn of the 20th century. This comprehensive history of Arts and Crafts traces both the origins of the movement and examines the personalities behind it. Fields addressed include architecture,glass and lighting,ceramics,gardens,and furniture,and detailed studies of specific Arts and

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