Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature: Victorian and Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures

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Velma Bourgeois Richmond

Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature

Victorian and Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures

Velma Bourgeois Richmond

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McFarland & Co Inc
23 August 2023

Literary studies: general; Literary companions; Children's literature studies: general; Folklore, myths & legends

This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic traditions. The sagas offered a rich and wide-ranging source for these authors: Volsunga saga's Sigurd the dragon slayer; King Olaf's saga of opposing Nordic Gods and Christianity; Frithiof's model of headstrong youth beset with unfair opposition and lost love. Grettir and Njal tell of men who accepted fate and met conflict and enemies unflinchingly; Aslaug, Gudrida, Hallberga and Hervar exerted remarkable influence; and Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky provided Americans with a Nordic heritage of discovery.

By: Velma Bourgeois Richmond
Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 671g
ISBN: 9781476691633
ISBN 10: 1476691630
Pages: 379
Publication Date: 23 August 2023
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Introduction Part I. Contexts and Criticisms 1. English Translations 2. British Writers Celebrate the North 3. American Heritage Part II. Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature 4. World Collections 5. European Collections 6. Books of Nordic Stories 7. Nordic Favorite Heroes Part III. Schoolbooks 8. Wide-Ranging Schoolbooks 9. Schoolbooks of Nordic Sagas Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

Velma Bourgeois Richmond is a professor emerita of English at Holy Names University, Oakland, California. She lives in Berkeley, California.