The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry

"The authors are among the leading authorities on this subject and their bibliographic research has been laudably thorough. The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry brings the account of hagiographic verse considerably further in time and with its companion volume provides an unbroken account of verse-making on this topic in Iceland from the early Middle Ages up to the nineteenth century." -- Russell Poole, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Western University "The scholarship in The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is thorough and groundbreaking. This book will save hours of poring over manuscript catalogues and sifting through boxes of archival material. It opens the way to a whole new area of research." -- Martin Chase, Department of English, Fordham University

The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). This volume focuses on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period.

The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry is a complimentary volume to The Legends of the Saints in Old Norse–Icelandic Prose (UTP 2013). While its predecessor dealt primarily with medieval prose texts about the saints, this volume not only focuses on medieval poems about saints but also on Icelandic devotional poetry created during the early modern period. The handlist organizes saints' names, manuscripts, and editions of individual poems with references to approximate dates of the manuscripts, as well as modern Icelandic editions and translations. Each entry concludes with secondary literature about the poem in question. These features combine to make The Saints in Old Norse and Early Modern Icelandic Poetry an invaluable resource for scholars and students in the field.