 | The Book of Reykjaholar: The Last of the Great Medieval Legendaries Subjects: Reykjaholabok; Christian saints -- Legends -- History and criticism; Christian hagiography -- History -- Sources; Old Norse literature -- Low German influences; Marianne E. Kalinke presents a literary analysis of the Reykjahólar legendary, demonstrating what kind of sources the translator used in his compilation and how he collected, combined, and adapted these texts to suit his Icelandic audience. Kalinke Marianne E. : Marianne E. Kalinke is a professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is author of several books, including Bridal-Quest Romance in Medieval Iceland, and associate editor of The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. |
