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Written around the thirteenth century AD by Icelandic monks, the seven tales collected here offer a combination of pagan elements tightly woven into the pattern of Christian ethics. They take as the……続きを見る

An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age ……続きを見る

Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Elder Edda is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 'So the company of men led a carele……続きを見る

The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich oral tradition with prehistoric roots. During the first millenium of our era, speakers of Uralic lang……続きを見る

The first comprehensive study of the women in Ibsen’s life and work, this landmark book provides a close reading of actual and fictional women as it re-examines the biographical and critical record.……続きを見る

Quel place représente la justice dans la littérature suédoise ? L’idée d’étudier les rapports entre droit et littérature vient du monde anglo-saxon et plus précisément américain. Cette idée a donné ……続きを見る

A richly entertaining and informative collection of Hans Christian Andersen's stories, annotated by one of America's leading folklore scholars. In her most ambitious annotated work to date, Maria Ta……続きを見る

The literature of Scandinavia is amazingly rich and varied, consisting of the works produced by the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland, and stretching from the ancient Norse S……続きを見る

Julie Allen utilizes the lives and friendship of the Danish literary critic George Brandes (1842-1927) and the silent film star Asta Nielsen (1881-1972) to explore questions of culture and national ……続きを見る

Brian Johnston's approach to Ibsen, now well known, is unlike any other. Johnston sees Ibsen's twelve realist plays as a single cyclical work, the "realist" method of which hides a much larger poeti……続きを見る

How much do you know about Vikings, other than them being a really brave people? Add more facts to your knowledge of them by going over this wonderfully graphic educational book. Composed of images ……続きを見る

Un retour sérieux, une application plus générale aux études antiques serait un des bons symptômes de ce temps : on pourrait en conclure que les besoins moraux s’exaltent, et que le tourbillon indust……続きを見る

This volume engages critically with the recent and ongoing consolidation of "world literature" as a paradigm of study. On the basis of an extended, active, and ultimately more literary sense of what……続きを見る

Despite being a minor language, Danish literature is one of the world's most actively translated, and the Scandinavian country is the home of a number of significant writers. Hans Christian Andersen……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis Ces deux recueils islandais du XIIIe siècle, l'un poétique, l'autre dit « en prose », nous donnent, dans une forme hautement élaborée……続きを見る

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis L'Islande médiévale a conçu, autour du XIIIe siècle, un type de récit en prose, les sagas, qui n'a aucun équivalent en Occident et qu……続きを見る

In 1931, Sir William Craigie gave the Alexander Lectures in English at the University of Toronto entitled The Northern Element in English Literature with a focus on proving the existence of a Northe……続きを見る

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). While its predecessor dealt primarily with m……続きを見る

“G. Wilson Knight approaches Ibsen in substantially the same way he approaches Shakespeare. By weaving a fabric of countless quotations from the plays, he attempts primarily to reconstruct Ibsen’s v……続きを見る

The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of lit……続きを見る

This volume explores the genre of the historical novel and the variety of ways in which writers choose to represent the past. How does an author’s nationality or gender impact their artistic choices……続きを見る

The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the s……続きを見る

"In den großen Städten gehen die Menschen fremd aneinander vorüber, und nur der Neuangekommene hat ein gewisses Interesse für alles und für alle, denen er begegnet. Wir interessieren uns nur für die……続きを見る

Today’s images of Vikings show them wearing horned helmets. However, history has a different account. To learn if the Vikings really wore horned helmets in battle, read the contents of this children……続きを見る

Honoré de Balzac, einer der bedeutendsten französischen Schriftsteller des 19. Jahrhunderts, präsentiert in seinem Werk 'Gesammelte Werke von Balzac: Romane, Erzählungen & Essays' eine vielschichtig……続きを見る

In 'Die Edda', einer deutschen Ausgabe von Karl Simrock, wird der Leser in die faszinierende Welt der nordischen Mythologie eingeführt. Simrock präsentiert die alten Texte in einem klaren und zugäng……続きを見る

This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of children and childhood in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland,……続きを見る

Fascism and Modernist Literature in Norway illuminates the connections between literature and politics in interwar Europe. Focusing on the works of Nobel Prize-winning novelist Knut Hamsun and moder……続きを見る

A rewarding philosophical essay on memory, language, love, and the passage of time, from a Greek immigrant who became one of Sweden’s most highly respected writers “Nobody should write after the age……続きを見る

The Evangelium Nicodemi, or Gospel of Nicodemus, was the most widely circulated apocryphal writing in medieval Europe. It depicted the trial, Passion, and crucifixion of Christ as well as his Harrow……続きを見る