Skaldic verse and the poetics of saga narrative / Heather O'Donoghue.

This work provides a detailed reading of a series of sophisticated medieval narratives, the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas. It shows how saga authors achieved a wide range of stylistic and psychological effects through the interplay of prose and verse.

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Main Author: O'Donoghue, Heather
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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