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        The Viking Age

        The Viking Age

        A Reader, Third Edition

        Edited by Angus A. Somerville and R. Andrew McDonald

        Price:

        $61.00

        ISBN: 9781487570477

        Pub Date: November 2019

        Who were the Vikings, and do they deserve their unsavoury reputation? Through over 100 primary source documents, this fascinating collection weighs the cultural importance and lasting influence of the Vikings.

        Nidrstigningar Saga

        Nidrstigningar Saga

        Sources, Transmission, and Theology of the Old Norse “Descent into Hell”

        by Dario Bullitta

        Price:

        $76.00

        ISBN: 9781442697997

        Pub Date: January 2018

        Dario Bullitta has embarked on a highly fascinating voyage that traces the routes of transmission of the Latin  Evangelium Nicodemi text to Iceland and continental Scandinavia.

        The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry

        The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry

        by Kirsten Wolf and Natalie M. van Deusen

        Price:

        $113.00

        ISBN: 9781487500740

        Pub Date: January 2017

        The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). This volume focuses on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period.

        Egil, the Viking Poet

        Egil, the Viking Poet

        New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'

        Edited by Laurence de Looze, Jon Karl Helgason, Russell Poole and Torfi H. Tulinius

        Price:

        $74.00

        ISBN: 9781442649699

        Pub Date: November 2015

        The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil’s story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory.

        Into the Ocean

        Into the Ocean

        Vikings, Irish, and Environmental Change in Iceland and the North

        by Kristjan Ahronson

        Price:

        $100.00

        ISBN: 9781442646179

        Pub Date: March 2015

        An interdisciplinary analysis of a subject that has intrigued scholars for generations, Into the Ocean will challenge the assumptions of anyone interested in the Atlantic branch of the Celtic world.

        Essays on Eddic Poetry

        Essays on Eddic Poetry

        by John McKinnell

        Edited by Donata Kick and John Shafer

        Price:

        $48.95

        ISBN: 9781442615885

        Pub Date: April 2014

        Originally published between 1988 and 2008, these twelve essays cover a wide range of mythological and heroic poems and have been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship.

        The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose

        The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse-Icelandic Prose

        by Kirsten Wolf

        Price:

        $102.00

        ISBN: 9781442646216

        Pub Date: September 2013

        With The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose, Kirsten Wolf has undertaken a complete revision of the fifty-year-old handlist The Lives of the Saints in Old Norse Prose.

        Snorri Sturluson and the Edda

        Snorri Sturluson and the Edda

        The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia

        by Kevin Wanner

        Price:

        $100.00

        ISBN: 9780802098016

        Pub Date: August 2008

        Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices.

        Sanctity in the North

        Sanctity in the North

        Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia

        Edited by Thomas DuBois

        Price:

        $53.00

        ISBN: 9780802094100

        Pub Date: February 2008

        Sanctity in the North features English translations of texts from Latin or vernacular Nordic languages, in many cases for the first time. The accompanying essays complement the translations and reflect the contributors' own disciplinary groundings in folklore, philology, medieval, and religious studies.

        Anglo-Saxon England in Icelandic Medieval Texts

        Anglo-Saxon England in Icelandic Medieval Texts

        by Magnús Fjalldal

        Price:

        $93.00

        ISBN: 9780802038371

        Pub Date: December 2005

        The England of Icelandic medieval texts is more of a stage than a country, and chiefly functions to provide saga heroes with fame abroad. Since many of these texts are rarely examined outside of Iceland or in the English language, Fjalldal's book is important for scholars of both medieval Norse culture and Anglo-Saxon England.

        Einarr Skúlason’s Geisli

        Einarr Skúlason's Geisli

        A Critical Edition

        Edited by Martin Chase

        Price:

        $53.00

        ISBN: 9780802038227

        Pub Date: September 2005

        This new critical edition features a version in normalized orthography, as well as a version in prose word order, a translation into English, a complete glossary, an introduction that situates the poem in its context, and substantial explanatory notes.

        Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

        Old Norse-Icelandic Literature

        A Critical Guide

        Edited by Carol J Clover and John Lindow

        Price:

        $59.00

        ISBN: 9780802038234

        Pub Date: April 2005

        This volume has become an essential text for instructors, and twenty years later, is now being republished as part of the Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching (MART) series with a new preface that discusses more recent contributions to the field.

        A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

        A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

        by Geir T. Zoega

        Price:

        $53.00

        ISBN: 9780802086594

        Pub Date: March 2004

        First published in England in 1910 and last printed in 1975, Geir T. Zoega's A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic has long been the foremost reference source for the Icelandic language.

        Grettir’s Saga

        Grettir's Saga

        Translated by Denton Fox and Hermann Palsson

        Price:

        $40.95

        ISBN: 9780802061652

        Pub Date: December 2001

        The saga has an especial modern relevance - a recent translation into Czech reached the top of the best-seller list. The present volume includes genealogies, a study of the legal system, and a critical assessment of the work.

        Tools of Literacy

        Tools of Literacy

        The Role of Skaldic Verse in Icelandic Textual Culture of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries

        by Guðrún Nordal

        Price:

        $129.00

        ISBN: 9780802047892

        Pub Date: February 2001

        A thorough and ground-breaking examination of thirteenth-century skaldic verse, linking the poets of the time with leading families and with ecclesiastical and secular learning.

        The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw

        The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw

        Translated by George Johnston

        Price:

        $38.95

        ISBN: 9780802062192

        Pub Date: April 1999

        The author's probing into the emotional depths of his characters, the superbly effective architecture of his narrative leading to the central climax, his sense of the dramatic, and his cool, compelling style all combine to make this one of the most memorable of all the Icelandic sagas.

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