{"product_id":"snorri-sturluson-and-the-edda-kevin-wanner-9780802098016","title":"Snorri Sturluson and the Edda: The Conversion of Cultural Capital in Medieval Scandinavia","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy would Snorri Sturluson (c. 1179-1241), the most powerful and rapacious Icelander of his generation, dedicate so much time and effort to producing the Edda, a text that is widely recognized as the most significant medieval source for pre-Christian Norse myth and poetics? Kevin J. Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of this text, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that the Edda is best understood not as an antiquarian labour of cultural conservation, but as a present-centered effort to preserve skaldic poetry's capacity for conversion into material and symbolic benefits in exchanges between elite Icelanders and the Norwegian court. Employing Pierre Bourdieu's economic theory of practice, Wanner shows how modern sociological theory can be used to illuminate the cultural practices of the European Middle Ages. In doing so, he provides the most detailed analysis to date of how the Edda relates to Snorri's biography, while shedding light on the arenas of social interaction and competition that he negotiated.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating look at the intersections of political interest and cultural production, \u003cem\u003eSnorri Sturluson and the Edda\u003c\/em\u003e is a detailed portrait of both an important man and the society of his times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Wanner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802098010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802098016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/10\/2008 pg. 21","brand":"Kevin Wanner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065135870207,"sku":"9780802098016","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7816ad8b-ec19-4ea1-835e-32c28d7f1865.jpg?v=1768673229","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/snorri-sturluson-and-the-edda-kevin-wanner-9780802098016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}