The Matter of the North: The Rise of Literary Fiction in Thirteenth-Century Iceland (The Viking Collection, V. 13)

The many studies of the explosion of prose fiction in Iceland during the 12th, 13th, and 14th century, says Tulinius (who is not identified), have neglected the legendary sagas (fornaldarsgur) because they were part of a literary movement that swept all of Europe at the time. He finds in them an attempt by Icelanders to adapt a tradition to their own past. re du Nord. Sagas lgendaires et fiction dan l'Islande dy XIIId sicle/> was published by Presses de l'Universit Paris-Sorbonne in 1995, and translated by Eldvik (Oklahoma State U.) There is no index. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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