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TEXTS

Eddic poems: Skirnir’s Journey (Skírnismál) and The Lay of Volund (V?lundarkvi?a), 13/17 pages

  • The Poetic Edda 1996: pages 61-68 and 102-108. Translated by Carolyne Larrington. The World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, Oxford/New York
  • The Poetic Edda 1962 (paperback 1986): pages 64-73 and 159-167. Translated by Lee M. Hollander. University of Texas Press, Austin

Icelandic family saga: The Saga of Gisli Sursson (Gísla saga Súrssonar), approx. 70 pages (146 pages)in one of these editions:

  • Gisli Sursson’s Saga and The Saga of the People of Eyri 2004: pages 1-70. Translated by Martin S. Regal and Judy Quinn, introduction by Robert Kellogg. Penguin Classics, The Penguin Group
  • The Sagas of Icelanders 2001: pages 496-557 (translated by Martin S. Regal). Ed. Jane Smiley, introduction by Robert Kellogg. Penguin Classics Delux Edition, The Penguin Group
  • The Complete Sagas of Icelanders: including 49 tales 1997 vol. II: pages 1-48. Translated by Martin S. Regal. General editor: Vi?ar Hreinsson, editorial team: Robert Cook et al., introduction by Robert Kellogg. Leifur Eiríksson Publishing Ltd., Reykjavík
  • The Saga of Gisli 1963 (reprint 1973): pages 1-85. Translated by George Johnston, with notes and an essay on the saga by Peter Foote. Dent, London

Contemporary saga: The Saga of Thorgils and Haflidi (?orgils saga ok Hafli?a), approx. 55 pages

  • Edition to be announced

King’s saga: Prologue and The Saga of St. Olav (?láfs saga helga), 295 pages

  • Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway 1964 (and later reprints): 3-5 (?Snorri’s Foreword?) and 245-537. Translated by Lee M. Hollander. The University of Texas, Austin

Fornaldarsaga (Legendary saga): The Saga of Arrow-Odd (?rvar-Odds saga), 112/109 pages in one of these editions: - Seven Viking Romances 1985: pages 25-137. Translated by Paul Edwards and Hermann Pálsson. Penguin Books, The Penguin Group

  • Arrow-Odd: A Medieval Novel 1970: pages 1-109. Translated by Paul Edwards and Hermann Pálsson. New York University Press/University of London Press

Riddarasaga (Knight’s tale): The Saga of Tristram and Isond (Tristrams saga ok ?s?ndar), 51/148 pages in one of these editions:

  • Norse Romance. I. The Tristan Legend 1999: pages 23-226 (Old Norse text on left pages, English translation on right pages). Translated by Peter Jorgensen. Ed. Marianne Kalinke. Arthurian Archives III. D.S. Brewer, Cambridge
  • The Saga of Tristram and ?s?nd 1973: pages 1-148. Translated by Paul Schach. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln

Learned literature: ?The merchant? from The King’s Mirror (Konungs skuggsjá), 63 pages

  • The King’s Mirror (Speculum regale – Konungs skuggsjá) 1917: pages 72-135. Translated by Laurence Marcellus Larson. Scandinavian monographs 3. American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York

A mix of several genres: The Tale of Eirek the Traveller (Eiríks saga ví?f?rla), 6 pages

  • The Tale of Eirek the Traveller 2005. Translated by Peter Tunstall, the text is available online.

SECONDARY LITERATURE

  • ?rmann Jakobsson 2005: ?Royal Biography? in A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture: 388-402. Ed. Rory McTurk. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA (paperback 2007), 14 pages
  • Glauser, Jürg 2005: ?Romance (Translated riddaras?gur)? in A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture: 372-387. Ed. Rory McTurk. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA (paperback 2007), 15 pages
  • Hamer, Andrew 2000: ?Searching for wisdom: The King’s Mirror? in Speculum regale. Der altnorwegishce K?ningsspiegel (Konungs skuggsjá) in der europ?ischen Tradition: 47-62. Eds. J.E. Schnall & R. Simek. Studia Medievalia Septentrionalia 5. Fassb?nder, Wien, 15 pages
  • Jónas Kristjánsson 1988: ?Eddaic poetry? in Eddas and Sagas. Iceland’s Medieval Literature: 25-82. Hi? íslenska bókmenntafélag, Reykjavík (several reprints), 57 pages
  • Torfi H. Tulinius 2005: ?Sagas of Icelandic Prehistory (fornaldars?gur)? in A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture: 447-461. Ed. Rory McTurk. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA (paperback 2007), 14 pages
  • Vésteinn ?lason 2005: ?Family Sagas? in A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture: 101-118. Ed. Rory McTurk. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA (paperback 2007), 17 pages
  • ?lfar Bragason 2005: ?Sagas of Contemporary History (Sturlunga saga): Texts and Research? in A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture: 427-446. Ed. Rory McTurk. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, MA (paperback 2007), 19 pages

Mc Kinnel, John 2002: "The context of Volundarkvida" in The Poetic Edda. Essays on old Norse Mythology by Paul Acker and Carolyne Larrington

Steinsland, Gro 1990: "Pagan Myth in Confrontation with Christianity: Skirnismál and Genesis" in Old Norse and Finnish Religions and Cultic Place-Names Ed. Tore Ahlb?ck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, XIII. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 317-28.

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