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A landmark new history of Old Norse-Icelandic literature, this volume is a comprehensive, up-to-date guide to a unique and celebrated body of medieval writing. Chapters by internationally recognized experts offer the latest in-depth analysis of every significant genre and group of texts in the corpus, including sagas and skaldic verse, romances and saints' lives, myths and histories, laws and learned literature. Together, they provide a scholarly, readable and accessible overview of the whole field. Innovatively organized by the chronology and geography of the texts' settings – which stretch from mythic history to medieval Iceland, from Vinland to Byzantium – they reveal the interconnectedness of diverse genres encompassing verse and prose, translations and original works, Christian and pre-Christian literature, fiction and non-fiction. This is the ideal volume for specialists, students and general readers who want a fresh and authoritative guide to the literature of medieval Iceland and Norway.

• A comprehensive and wide-ranging history providing an overview of all significant areas in the vast, diverse and influential body of Old Norse-Icelandic literature
• Includes cutting-edge and authoritative scholarship from distinguished contributors internationally recognized in the field, meeting the needs of specialists, students and general readers alike
• Features an innovative structure based on the chronology and geography of the texts' settings, bringing out the interconnectedness of different genres and helping readers to set each in context