{"product_id":"medieval-icelandic-bodies-in-tristram-karen-lurkhur-9780935995305","title":"Medieval Icelandic Bodies in Tristram Ok Ísodd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Icelandic Bodies in \"Tristram ok Ísodd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters in the Icelandic version of the Tristan romance, the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaga af Tristram ok Ísodd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, through the lens of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eÍslendingasögur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the classic sagas of the early Icelanders.\u003c\/b\u003e Although its origins are somewhat unclear, the\u003ci\u003e Saga af Tristram ok Ísodd\u003c\/i\u003e derives, ultimately, from Thomas's Anglo-Norman \u003ci\u003eTristran\u003c\/i\u003e and was composed under the influence of the Old Norse translation, in 1226, of the Anglo-Norman original. Nonetheless, this version \"deviates, sometimes rather startlingly, from its Old Norse inspiration,\" leading some scholars to consider it \"an inept retelling\" if not \"a deliberate satire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Karen Lurkhur proposes that certain \"outlandish features\" of the Icelandic romance, such as its treatment of Tristram's various wounds and its erotic devaluation of Ísodd, may be attributed to the not always successful attempt of the anonymous author to transpose Thomas's Old French romance of adultery and incest into the moral register of the sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Lurkhur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0935995307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780935995305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Karen Lurkhur","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48520297054463,"sku":"9780935995305","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_365f7457-a7b5-48ca-9d2d-89c1c9c7af25.jpg?v=1778741909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/medieval-icelandic-bodies-in-tristram-karen-lurkhur-9780935995305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}