A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture

Rory McTurk is Professor of Icelandic Studies at the University of Leeds. Previously he has taught at the Universities of Lund and Copenhagen and at University College, Dublin. He is the author of Studies in Ragnars saga loethbrokar and its Major Scandinavian Analogues (1991) and Chaucer and the Norse and Celtic Worlds (2005), and has translated Kormaks saga for the Penguin Sagas of Warrior-Poets (2002).

Notes on Contributors. Maps. Introduction: Rory McTurk. 1. Archaeology of Economy and Society: Orri Vesteinsson. 2. Christian Biography: Margaret Cormack. 3. Christian Poetry: Katrina Attwood. 4. Continuity? The Icelandic Sagas in Post-Medieval Times: Jon Karl Helgason. 5. Eddic Poetry: Terry Gunnell. 6. Family Sagas: Vestinn Olason. 7. Geography and Travel: Judith Jesch. 8. Historical Background: Iceland 870-1400: Helgi Porlaksson. 9. Historiography and Pseudo-History: Stefanie Wurth. 10. Language: Michael Barnes. 11. Late Prose Fiction (lygisogur): Matthew Drisoll. 12. Late Secular Poetry: Shaun Hughes. 13. Laws: Gudmund Sandvik and Jon Vidar Sigurdsson. 14. Manuscripts and Palaeography: Gudvardur Mar Gunnlaugsson. 15. Metre and Metrics: Russel Poole. 16. Orality and Literacy in the Sagas of Icelanders: Gisli Sigurdsson. 17. Pagan Myth and Religion: Peter Orton. 18. The Post-Medieval Reception of Old Norse and Old Icelandic Literature: Andrew Wawn. 19. Prose of Christian Instruction: Svanhildur Oskardottir. 20. Rhetoric and Style: Porir Oskarsson. 21. Romance (Translated riddarasogur): Jurg Glauser. 22. Royal Biography: Armann Jakobsson. 23. Runes: Patrick Larsson. 24. Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research: Ulfar Bragason. 25. Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (Fornaldarsogur): Torfi H. Tulinius. 26. Short Prose Narrative (pattr): Elizabeth Ashman Rowe and Joseph Harris. 27. Skaldic Poetry: Diana Whaley. 28. Social Institutions: Gunnar Karlsson. 29. Women in Old Norse Poetry and Sagas: Judy Quinn. Index