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“Manuscripts derived from printed editions in the transmission history of Hrómundar saga Greipssonar.” Hidden Harmonies: Manuscript and print on the North Atlantic fringe, 1500-1900, edited by M. J. Driscoll and Nioclás Mac Cathmhaoil (Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum 2021), pp. 79–114.
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The present study examines the transmission history of the story of Hrómundur Gr(e)ipsson in Icelandic. Its focus lies in the investigation of textual relationships between four works dealing with the story of Hrómundur: two in metric from, Griplur and Hrómundar rímur Greipssonar (RHG), and two in prose, the seventeenth-century saga (17HsG) and the younger, hitherto unknown saga, possibly originating in the nineteenth-century (19HsG). The study concludes that the saga-writer of 19HsG most likely utilised both Griplur and the older saga to create a coherent story of Hrómundur. Alternatively, they based their adaptation on a now lost intermediate version of the story that already merged the accounts of the rímur and the saga, as elements from both older adaptations can be found in the younger saga. Furthermore, the study concludes that the younger set of rímur (RHG) are derived from the printed edition of the seventeenth-century saga, as the editorial error of C.C. Rask, the saga’s editor, appears in the poem.
The tables of contents and introduction to my new book, “Long Lives of Short Sagas: The Irrepressibility of Narrative and the Case of Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra” (Volume 25 of the series, The Viking Collection). The introduction presents the general themes of the book and gives an overview of the contents of the various chapters. One of the principal purposes of the book is to present a peripheral and short narrative from the genre of heroic/legendary sagas and understand what appeal it had for varied audiences throughout the centuries and in different locations. Sometimes, to understand a genre, it may be of benefit to consider not just the longer and more prototypical examples...
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