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Author Wanner, Kevin J.

Title Snorri Sturluson and the Edda : the conversion of cultural capital in medieval Scandinavia / Kevin J. Wanner.

Publication Info. Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, [2008]
Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010.
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 257 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies
Toronto Old Norse and Icelandic studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.
Contents The paradox of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorra saga Sturlusonar : a short biography of Snorri Sturluson -- Snorri at home : converting capital in Commonwealth Iceland -- Snorri abroad : Icelandic exploitation of cultural capital -- A poet in search of an audience : the diminishing prestige-value of skaldic poetry -- Haþttatal : beginning and end of the Edda -- Skáldskaparmaþl : salvaging the market for skaldic verse -- Gylfaginning and Formáli : myth, history, and theology -- Appendix : Kennings and Kennings-types in Haþttatal and explication in Skáldskaparmaþl.
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Language Includes some text in Old Norse.
Subject Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.
Criticism and interpretation.
Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.
Edda Snorra Sturlusonar.
Edda Snorra Sturlusonar.
Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241.
Edda Snorra Sturlusonar.
Scalds and scaldic poetry.
Scalds and scaldic poetry.
Literature and society -- Scandinavia -- History.
Literature and society.
Scandinavia.
History.
Scandinavia -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Wanner, Kevin. Snorri Sturluson and the Edda : The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2000 9780802098016
ISBN 9781442689152 (electronic book)
1442689153 (electronic book)
9780802098016
0802098010