{"product_id":"the-partisan-muse-in-the-theodore-m-andersson-9780935995145","title":"The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200-1250)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200-1250)\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the genesis of Old Icelandic prose literature from its roots in oral tradition to the compilation of key early sagas at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Theodore M. Andersson devotes special attention to the Icelandic sagas (kings' sagas or \u003ci\u003ekonungasögur\u003c\/i\u003e) that narrate the careers of Norwegian kings, Óláfr Tryggvason and Óláfr Haraldsson prominent among them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author considers the \"self-consciously Icelandic filter\" that balances Icelanders' perception of Norwegian kings and Icelandic protagonists. He also treats the volatile balance of power between the monarch and the jarls of Norway that permeates the narrative of a now-lost *\u003ci\u003eHlaðajarla saga\u003c\/i\u003e, whose traces are evident in the major compilations \u003ci\u003eMorkinskinna \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFagrskinna\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive of the book's chapters are revisions of previously published papers. The final two chapters carry the discussion of textual interrelationships in the kings' sagas to somewhat later Icelandic native sagas (\u003ci\u003eslendingasögur\u003c\/i\u003e) originating in the north and the west of the country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore M. Andersson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0935995145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780935995145\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 09\/15\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.50d","brand":"Theodore M. Andersson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087048618239,"sku":"9780935995145","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0089c654-72bf-4827-b5e8-e929b85367c1.jpg?v=1769098005","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-partisan-muse-in-the-theodore-m-andersson-9780935995145","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}