| Heroic Sagas and Ballads Contributor(s): Mitchell, Stephen A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0801425875 ISBN-13: 9780801425875 Publisher: Cornell University Press OUR PRICE: $56.38 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | European - Scandinavian - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 839.609 |
| LCCN: 91009899 |
| Lexile Measure: 1820 |
| Series: Myth and Poetics |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ""Throughout Heroic Sagas and Ballads, the reader is well served by both Mitchell's balanced synthesis of past scholarship and his commentary and insights. His bibliography is invaluable.""-Scandinavian Studies ""Stephen A. Mitchell has written a well informed and informative book on an interesting subject. He shows an excellent knowledge of the texts as well as of the impressive amount of secondary literature on the question. He also is familiar with the philological problems as well as those per |
Contributor Bio(s): Mitchell, Stephen A.: - Stephen A. Mitchell is Professor of Scandinavian and Folklore at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages. |