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The Arthur of the North : the Arthurian legend in the Norse and Rus' realms / edited by Marianne E. Kalinke.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Arthurian literature in the Middle Ages ; 5.Publication details: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (223 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780708323540
  • 0708323545
  • 1299200982
  • 9781299200982
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Arthur of the North.DDC classification:
  • 839.609351 22
LOC classification:
  • PN685 .A78 2011eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface; Introduction; The Introduction of the Arthurian Legend in Scandinavia; Sources, Translations, Redactions, Manuscript Transmission; Breta s�ogur and Merl�in�ussp�a; The Tristan Legend; The Translated Lais; The Old Norse-Icelandic Transmission of Chr�etien de Troyes's Romances:�Ivens saga, Erex saga, Parcevals saga with Valvens ��attr; The Old Swedish H�rra Ivan Leons riddare; Arthurian Echoes in Indigenous Icelandic Sagas; Arthurian Ballads, r�imur, Chapbooks and Folktales; Arthurian Literature in East Slavic; General Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.
Summary: The book introduces the reader to the stories about King Arthur and his knights and the lovers Tristan and Isolt that flourished in the Scandinavian countries-in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden-in the Middle Ages and in early modern times. The versions of the Arthurian legend that were popular in the North were translations of mostly French literature. Although they were similar to their sources in many respects, the stories nonetheless underwent change in order to appeal to a culturally quite different audience in the North.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211) and indexes.

Print version record.

The book introduces the reader to the stories about King Arthur and his knights and the lovers Tristan and Isolt that flourished in the Scandinavian countries-in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden-in the Middle Ages and in early modern times. The versions of the Arthurian legend that were popular in the North were translations of mostly French literature. Although they were similar to their sources in many respects, the stories nonetheless underwent change in order to appeal to a culturally quite different audience in the North.

Preface; Introduction; The Introduction of the Arthurian Legend in Scandinavia; Sources, Translations, Redactions, Manuscript Transmission; Breta s�ogur and Merl�in�ussp�a; The Tristan Legend; The Translated Lais; The Old Norse-Icelandic Transmission of Chr�etien de Troyes's Romances:�Ivens saga, Erex saga, Parcevals saga with Valvens ��attr; The Old Swedish H�rra Ivan Leons riddare; Arthurian Echoes in Indigenous Icelandic Sagas; Arthurian Ballads, r�imur, Chapbooks and Folktales; Arthurian Literature in East Slavic; General Bibliography; Index of Manuscripts; General Index.

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