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  • Record Number: 45529
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Werronen , Sheryl Mcdonald,
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  • Title: Nítíða saga Text and Translation
  • Source: Popular Romance in Iceland: The Women, Worldviews, and Manuscript Witnesses of Nítíða saga.Sheryl McDonald Werronen.  Amsterdam University Press, 2016.  Pages 221 - 248. Available with a subscription from JSTOR Books, Cambridge University Press and Walter de Gruyter: https://apps.crossref.org/coaccess/coaccess.html?doi=10.2307%2Fj.ctv513cr4.13
  • Description: A late medieval Icelandic romance about the 'maiden-king' of France, Nítíða saga generated interest in its day and grew in popularity in post-Reformation Iceland, yet until now it has not received the comprehensive scholarly analysis that it much deserves. Analysing this saga from a variety of perspectives, this book sheds light on the manner in which Nítíða saga explores and negotiates the romance genre from an Icelandic perspective, showcasing this exciting saga's strong female characters, worldviews, and long manuscript tradition. Beginning with Nítíða saga's manuscript context, including its reception and transformation in early modern Iceland, this study also discusses how Nítíða saga was influenced by, and also later influenced, other Icelandic romances. Considering the text as literature, discussion of its unusual depiction of world geography, as well as the various characters and their relationships, provides insights into medieval Icelanders' ideas about themselves and the world they lived in, including questions about Icelandic identity, gender, female solidarity, and the literary genre of romance itself. The book also includes a newly revised reading edition and translation of Nítíða saga.— [Reproduced from the publisher’s website: https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789089647955/popular-romance-in-iceland]
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Iceland Nítíða Saga Romance, Literary Genre Sagas Women in Literature
  • Award Note: Feminae Translation of the Month, May 2022
  • Geographic Area: Scandinavia
  • Century: 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Copenhagen [Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow]
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  • Year of Publication: 2016.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9789089647955 (print); 9789048526154 (online)