“Hvat er þar frá at segja?” Prosimetric Rhythm in the Íslendingasögur

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. The Íslendingasögur as Prosimetrum – An Introduction 1
4. Preface – Skaldic Verse as an Authorial Signature 13
5. Stanzas in the Margin: Njáls saga as Prosimetric Narrative 25
6. The Variance in the Distribution of Verses in the A, B, and C redactions of Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar and Its Impact on Our Reading 55
7. “Hvat er þar frá at segja?” Prosimetric Rhythm in the Íslendingasögur 81
8. Unspeakable Stanzas: Voice, Narration and Interiority in Eyrbyggja saga 113
9. Sensibilities in Saga Prosimetrum 141
10. Competing Geographies in the Poetry and Prose of Víga-Glúms saga 169
11. Absent Audiences in Family Saga Prosimetrum 189
12. What’s in a Name? The Phantom Poems of the Poets’ Sagas 213
13. Bibliography and List of Abbreviations (SkP, ÍF) 229
14. List of Figures 245
15. Index of Works and Poets 247