{"product_id":"medieval-icelandic-bodies-in-tristram-ok-isodd-9780935995305","title":"Medieval Icelandic Bodies in Tristram Ok Ísodd","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Karen Lurkhur\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Library\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Library\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMedieval Icelandic Bodies in \"Tristram ok �sodd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" examines the depiction of the bodies of the two main characters in the Icelandic version of the Tristan romance, the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaga af Tristram ok �sodd\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, through the lens of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e�slendingas�gur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the classic sagas of the early Icelanders.\u003c\/b\u003e Although its origins are somewhat unclear, the\u003ci\u003e Saga af Tristram ok �sodd\u003c\/i\u003e derives, ultimately, from Thomas's Anglo-Norman \u003ci\u003eTristran\u003c\/i\u003e and was composed under the influence of the Old Norse translation, in 1226, of the Anglo-Norman original. Nonetheless, this version \"deviates, sometimes rather startlingly, from its Old Norse inspiration,\" leading some scholars to consider it \"an inept retelling\" if not \"a deliberate satire.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Karen Lurkhur proposes that certain \"outlandish features\" of the Icelandic romance, such as its treatment of Tristram's various wounds and its erotic devaluation of �sodd, may be attributed to the not always successful attempt of the anonymous author to transpose Thomas's Old French romance of adultery and incest into the moral register of the sagas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Library","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47891980845207,"sku":"9780935995305","price":7480.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780935995305.webp?v=1781185349","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/medieval-icelandic-bodies-in-tristram-ok-isodd-9780935995305","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}