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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"medieval Icelandic literature"”.
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The Matter of Gautland
The classification of late medieval literary cycles according to localised subject matter, such as the ‘Matter of France’, the ‘Matter of Britain’ and the ‘Matter of Rome’, has proven to be an enduring one in modern scholarship. This model has also been applied to Old Norse saga literature, …
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An Investigation of Advice Giving in the Íslendingasögur
… and alter relationships. It argues that Icelandic society as depicted in these sagas benefits from advice-giving norms, which can facilitate peacekeeping, alliance and even authority. Ascertaining a medieval Icelandic literary definition of advice allows for the systematic and rigorous …
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Gender and Genre in Medieval Chivalric Rímur
… influence of continental chivalric romances on medieval Icelandic and Norwegian literature had a profound effect on discourses of gender in Norse texts, reflected in the wave of romance translations and original romances created over the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. This thesis looks at …