“der sagata mir ze wara”: Iceland in the Merigarto

The Old High German fragment known as Merigarto contains a description of Iceland that entwines ancient literary with modern oral data. Scholars have repeatedly tried to verify the originality and reliability of the data from a historical point of view. However, the question of authenticity is also a literary one, which is posed by the author himself and solved in a way that foreshadows usages in later Latin and vernacular exempla. The most innovative literary aspect of the passage dealing with Iceland can be found in a few lines in which the poet guarantees the authenticity of Iceland’s mirab... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Spazzali, Paola
Dokumenttyp: bookPart
Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
Verlag/Hrsg.: Ledizioni
Schlagwörter: cultura / lingue nordiche / letteratura nordica / Scandinavia / università / università di Milano / culture / nordic languages / nordic literature / University / University of Milan / langues nordiques / littérature nordique / Scandinavie / université / université de Milan / LIT004250 / Literature German Dutch Scandinavian / DSB
Sprache: Englisch
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