Friis-Jensen, Karsten ; editor : - Saxo Grammaticus : A Medieval Author between Norse and Latin Culture

Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, 1981. orig. wrappers. 23x15cm, 173 pp. Series: Danish Medieval History & Saxo Grammaticus, vol. 2.. ISBN: 8788073327. Name on half-title, Light corner bumps. VG. ¶ Contains 10 papers, all in English. Includes: The Angers fragment and the archetype of Gesta Danorum; The place of fiction in Saxo's later books; Wit and eloquence in the courts of Saxo's early kings; On translating Saxo into English; The Lay of Ingellus and its classical models; The Icelandic sources of Saxo Gammaticus; Order in Gesta Danorum and order in the Creation; An Eiriks páttr málspaka? Some conjectures on the source of Saxo's Ericus Disertus; The way to Byzantium: A study in the first three books of Saxos' History of Denmark; Women in Gesta Danorum: Saxo's description of women compared with Snorres; Thyre Danebod in Desta Danorum.

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