‘The Partisan Muse’
Age-old sagas of Norwegian kings and nobility are the subject of the newest volume of the library’s “Islandica” series.
“The Partisan Muse in the Early Icelandic Sagas (1200–1250),” by Theodore M. Andersson, is volume 55 in the series, which is published electronically and in print under the Cornell University Library imprint.
Andersson is one of the leading scholars of Old Norse-Icelandic studies. This work draws on the author’s research and publication throughout his career, and serves as a study of the genesis of Old Icelandic prose literature from its roots in oral tradition to the compilation of key early sagas at the beginning of the 13th century.
An ebook of ‘The Partisan Muse’ – which can be read and searched online or downloaded in PDF format – is available on the Islandica website. Print-on-demand copies can be ordered through Cornell University Press’ online catalog.