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Norse Romance I: The Tristan Legend
Marianne Kalinke (Ed.)
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Description for Norse Romance I: The Tristan Legend
Paperback. The Tristan Legend. Series: Arthurian Archives. 306 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Kalinke, Marianne E. Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DN; DSBB; DSK; JFHF. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 17. Weight: 436.
Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. This is the first in a set of three volumes making available for the first time critical editions and translations of important medieval Arthurian texts from Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Devoted to the Tristan legend. It contains Geitarlauf and Janual, Old Norse translations of the French lais Lanval and Chevrefeuil; Tristrams saga ok Isöndar, Brother Thomas's Old Norse translation of Thomas's Tristan, dated 1226 and commissioned by King Hákon Hákonarson the Old of Norway; "Tristrams kvædi", a fourteenth-century Icelandic "Tristan" ballad; and the Saga af Tristram ok ... Read more
Text with facing translation of the Scandinavian versions of the Tristan legend. This is the first in a set of three volumes making available for the first time critical editions and translations of important medieval Arthurian texts from Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Devoted to the Tristan legend. It contains Geitarlauf and Janual, Old Norse translations of the French lais Lanval and Chevrefeuil; Tristrams saga ok Isöndar, Brother Thomas's Old Norse translation of Thomas's Tristan, dated 1226 and commissioned by King Hákon Hákonarson the Old of Norway; "Tristrams kvædi", a fourteenth-century Icelandic "Tristan" ballad; and the Saga af Tristram ok ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843843054
SKU
V9781843843054
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Reviews for Norse Romance I: The Tristan Legend
A welcome resource... Validates its texts as a significant corpus of Arthuriana and will appeal to a wide readership of medievalists.
SAGA-BOOK OF THE VIKING SOCIETY
A major contribution, not only to the Old Norse field, but to the broader world of medieval literature and culture... will endure for years to come.
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SAGA-BOOK OF THE VIKING SOCIETY
A major contribution, not only to the Old Norse field, but to the broader world of medieval literature and culture... will endure for years to come.
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Those responsible for ... Read more