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The Arthur of the North: The Arthurian Legend in the Norse and Rus' Realms New edition
Author(s): Marianne E. Kalinke (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: University of Wales Press
- Publication Date: 15 Nov. 2015
- Edition: New edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 240 pages
- ISBN-10: 1783167874
- ISBN-13: 9781783167876
Book Description
The Arthur of the North is the first book-length study of the Arthurian literature that was translated from French and Latin into Old Norse-Icelandic in the thirteenth century, which has been preserved mostly in Icelandic manuscripts, and which in early modern times inspired the composition of narrative poems and chapbooks in Denmark, Iceland and Norway, chiefly of the Tristan legend. The importation of Arthurian literature in the North, primarily French romances and lais, is indebted largely to the efforts of King Hakon Hakonarson (r. 1217-63) of Norway, who commissioned the translation of Thomas de Bretagne’s Tristan in 1226, and subsequently several Arthurian romances by Chretien de Troyes and a number of Breton lais. The translations are unique in that the French metrical narratives were rendered in prose, the traditional form of narrative in the North. The book concludes with a chapter on Arthurian literature in the Rus’ area, precisely East Slavic, with a focus on the Belarusian Tryscan.
Editorial Reviews
Review
[These articles] are all first rate contributions. . . . [“Arthur of the North”] is essential reading not only for those interested in comparative Arthurian studies, but also for those who have any interest in medieval Scandinavian literature. –Shaun F. D. Hughes “Arthuriana “”
About the Author
Marianne E. Kalinke is Professor Emerita of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also held the Trowbridge Chair in Literary Studies.
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