This 592-page volume features 29 chapters written by leading international scholars, with over a third of the contributors being Icelandic. It is designed as a foundational reference for students and a valuable resource for specialists. Key Features and Content

: The volume examines how medieval Norse literature continues to influence modern writers, artists, and film directors today.

: It highlights current academic discussions, making it a "crammed full" resource of facts, figures, and overviews of past and present scholarship. Table of Contents Highlights

: Chapters extend beyond literary analysis to include archaeology, social institutions, laws, and geography, setting the literature within its wider cultural and historical context.

: Pagan myth and religion, runes, laws, and the role of women in Old Norse literature.