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Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative O'Donoghue, Heather (Reader in Old Norse, University of Oxford)
Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative
O'Donoghue, Heather (Reader in Old Norse, University of Oxford)
Presents a detailed reading of a series of sophisticated medieval narratives, the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas. This book shows how saga authors achieved a wide range of stylistic and psychological effects through the interplay of prose and verse: bringing history to life, and presenting fiction as if it were history.
264 pages, black & white illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 13, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199267323 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 145 × 223 × 19 mm · 485 g |
| Language | English |