| Description |
4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Series |
Modern scholar |
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Modern scholar.
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| Note |
In container. |
| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Bibliography |
Course guide includes bibliographical references. |
| Performer |
Lectures given by Prof. Timothy B. Shutt. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. Early history and origins: gods and heroes, Norse mythology -- Lecture 2. The primary sources: the loom of the Eddas -- Lecture 3. The great hero-tale of the north: Sigurd Fafnisbani and the saga of the Volsungs -- Lecture 4. The mightiest saga of them all: Gunnar, Njal, and Njal's saga -- Lecture 5. "Kindest to his people, and most eager for fame": the old English epic Beowulf -- Lecture 6. "An ineradicable sense of fun"--the shaggiest dog of them all: the exuberant epic tales of Ireland -- Lecture 7. Courtly love and ladies fair: the troubadours, the Mabinogion, and Marie de France -- Lecture 8. The new Christian-chivalric synthesis: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Celtic literature.
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Epic literature, German.
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Epic literature.
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| Added Author |
Recorded Books, Inc.
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| ISBN |
9781470332549 (set) |
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147033254X (set) |
| Music No. |
UC0056 Recorded Books |
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