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" Old Icelandic literature and society / "
edited by Margaret Clunies Ross.
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BL
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995808
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b750178
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Old Icelandic literature and society /\ edited by Margaret Clunies Ross.
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| Publication Statement
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Cambridge, UK ;New York :: Cambridge University Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;; 42
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xii, 336 pages ;; 24 cm.
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0521631122
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: 9780521631129
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Abstract
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"This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature within its social setting and across a range of genres. An international team of specialists examines the ways in which the unique social experiment in Iceland, a kingless society without an established authority structure, inspired a wealth of innovative writing composed in the Icelandic vernacular. Icelanders explored their uniqueness through poetry, mythologies, metrical treatises, religious writing, and through saga, a new literary genre which textualised their history and incorporated oral traditions in a written form. The book shows that Icelanders often used their textual abilities to gain themselves political and intellectual advantage, not least in the period when the state's freedom came to an end."--Jacket.
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Old Norse literature-- History and criticism.
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Altnordische Literatur.
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Civilization.
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Literatur-- Altnordisch-- Geschichte-- 0870-1400, Aufsatzsammlung.
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Old Norse literature-- History and criticism.
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Old Norse literature.
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Letterkunde.
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Maatschappij.
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Middeleeuwen.
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Iceland, Civilization.
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Iceland, History, To 1262.
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Iceland, Civilization.
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Iceland.
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Island, Gesellschaft, Geschichte, 0870-1400, Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Dewey Classification
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839/.609
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| LC Classification
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PT7113.O53 2000
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18.14bcl
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839.96011
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| Added Entry
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Clunies Ross, Margaret.
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