The Narrative Uses of Toponyms in Harðar saga

The contribution analyses how the late medieval Harðar saga uses place-names as literary devices. It proposes that toponyms are employed not only to locate plot elements, but also for purposes of subversion, the dropping of keywords then taken up by the narrative in an often grotesque and ironic fas...

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Main Author: Matthias Egeler
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2018-11-01
Series:NORDEUROPAforum - Zeitschrift für Kulturstudien
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Online Access:https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/bitstream/handle/18452/20300/NEF2018_Artikel%20Matthias%20Egeler%20-%20Toponyms%20Hardar%20Saga.pdf?sequence=4&isAllowed=y