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The Viking Collection Studies in Northern Civilization - 23: The Reality of the Fantastic

The Magical, Political and Social Universe of Late Medieval Saga Manuscripts

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The reality of the fantastic combines a 'new philological' close study of a fifteenth-century Icelandic manuscript compilation of fifteen fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur, AM 343a 4to, with an historically-based analysis of the manuscript's various contents, demonstrating how fictions that are in many respects non-realistic can be made to yield up insights into the real-world concerns and interests of a group of fifteenth-century Icelanders. Both the methodology of this study and its conclusions should interest readers from diverse fields, including literature, history and manuscript studies.

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The Viking Collection Studies in Northern Civilization - 23: The Reality of the Fantastic, Hans Jacob Orning

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Titre
The Viking Collection Studies in Northern Civilization - 23: The Reality of the Fantastic
Sous-titre
The Magical, Political and Social Universe of Late Medieval Saga Manuscripts
Langue
Anglais
Format
rigide
Pages
387
ISBN10
8776749355
ISBN13
9788776749354
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The reality of the fantastic combines a 'new philological' close study of a fifteenth-century Icelandic manuscript compilation of fifteen fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur, AM 343a 4to, with an historically-based analysis of the manuscript's various contents, demonstrating how fictions that are in many respects non-realistic can be made to yield up insights into the real-world concerns and interests of a group of fifteenth-century Icelanders. Both the methodology of this study and its conclusions should interest readers from diverse fields, including literature, history and manuscript studies.