Stories for all time: The Icelandic Fornaldarsögur

Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar

Bjarni Vilhjálmsson, and Guðni Jónsson, eds. Fornaldarsögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík, 1943-1944,
Detter, Ferdinand, ed. Zwei Fornaldarsögur (Hrólfssaga Gautrekssonar und Ásmundarsaga kappabana) nach Cod. Holm. 7, 4to. Halle a. S.: Niemeyer, 1891.
Guðni Jónsson, ed. Fornaldar sögur Norðurlanda. Reykjavík: Íslendingasagnaútgáfan, 1954-1959,

Boyer, Régis, ed. Deux sagas islandaises légendaires. Paris: Les belles lettres, 1996.
Also in: Boyer, Régis, and Jean Renaud, eds. Sagas légendaires islandaises. Toulouse: Anacharsis, 2012.
Hermann Pálsson, and Paul Edwards, eds. Hrolf Gautreksson: A Viking Romance. Edinburgh: Southside, 1972.
Ibáñez Lluch, Santiago, ed. Sagas heroicas de Islandia. Madrid: Miraguano, 2016.
Lassen, Annette, ed. Oldtidssagaerne. København: Gyldendal, 2017.
Liljenroth, Gunnel, and Göran Liljenroth, eds. Götrik och Rolf: Berättelsen om Göta rike. Lidköping: AMA-förlag, 1990.
Orfgen, Lukas, and Maike Hanneck, ed. "Die Saga von Hrolf, Gautreks Sohn." In Sagas aus der Vorzeit, edited by Rudolf Simek, Valerie Broustin and Jonas Zeit-Altpeter. Stuttgart: Kröner, 2020.
Verelius, Olof, and Dan Korn, eds. Tre isländska sagor om Sverige: Götriks och Rolfs saga; Om kungarna Göte, Götrik och Rolf från Västergötland; Herrauds och Bosas saga; Om vikingarna Herraud och Bose från Östergötland; Hervarasagan; Om den andgrimska kämpasläkten från Bolmsö i Småland; Översatta till svenska av Olof Verelius åren 1664-1672; Nyutgåva med ordförklaringar, kompletteringar och en utförlig kommentar. Mölnlycke: Korn, 1990,
Waggoner, Ben, ed. Six Sagas of Adventure. New Haven: Troth Publications, 2014.

Amory, Frederic. "Things Greek and the Riddarasögur." In Les Sagas de Chevaliers (Riddarasögur): Actes de la Ve Conférence Internationale sur les Sagas Présentés par Régis Boyer (Toulon. Juillet 1982), 417-430. Civilisations 10. Paris: Presses de l'Université Paris-Sorbonne, 1985.
Also in: Amory, Frederic. "Things Greek and the Riddarasögur." Speculum 59 (1984): 509-523. [Expanded]
Andersen, Lise Præstgaard. Skjoldmøer: En kvindemyte. København: Gyldendal, 1982.
Boer, R. C. Die Sagen von Ermanarich und Dietrich von Bern. Germanistische Handbibliothek 10. Halle a. S.: Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, 1910.
Cederschiöld, Gustaf. Review of Zwei Fornaldarsögur, edited by Ferdinand Detter. Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen 18 (1892): 709-723.
Eremenko, Alexey. "The Ethical Map of the Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar." In Á austrvega. Saga and East Scandinavia: Preprint Papers of The 14th International Saga Conference Uppsala, 9th-15th August 2009, edited by Agneta Ney, Henrik Williams and Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, 1: 237-241. Gävle: Gävle University Press, 2009.*
Ericsen, Stefka G. "'Liquid Knowledge' in Old Norse Literature and Culture." Viator 49, no. 2 (2018): 169-197.
Glauser, Jürg. Review of Bridal-Quest Romance in Medieval Iceland, by Marianne E. Kalinke. Journal of English and Germanic Philology 92, no. 1 (1993): 82-85.
Guðrún Bjartmarsdóttir. "Uppreisnarkonur hafa alltaf verið til: Af öllum dýrum jarðarinnar er konan það hættulegasta." Vera 3 (1982): 4-7.
Heide, Eldar. "Spirits Through Respiratory Passages." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 1: 350-358. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.
Hermann Pálsson. "Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar." In Dictionary of the Middle Ages, edited by Joseph R. Strayer, 6: 310. New York: Scribner, 1985.*
Hollander, Lee M. "The Gautland Cycle of Sagas." Journal of English and Germanic Philology 11 (1912): 61-81,  209-217.*
Hollander, Lee M. "GautrekssagaThe Relative Ages of the Hrólfssaga Gautrekssonar and the ." Arkiv för nordisk filologi 29 (1913): 120-134.*
Holmqvist-Larsen, H. N. Møer, skjoldmøer og krigere: En studie i og omkring 7. bog af Saxo's Gesta Danorum. Studier fra Sprog- og Oldtidsforskning 304. København: Museum Tusculanum, 1983.
Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir. "Hyggin ok forsjál: Wisdom and Women's Counsel in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar." In Making History: Essays on the fornaldarsögur, edited by Martin Arnold and Alison Finlay, 69-84. London: Viking Society for Northern Research and University College London, 2010.*
Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir. "From Heroic Legend to 'Medieval Screwball Comedy'? The Origins, Development and Interpretation of the Maiden-King Narrative." In The Legendary Sagas: Origins and Development, edited by Annette Lassen, Agneta Ney and Ármann Jakobsson, 229-249. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2012.*
Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, and Haukur Þorgeirsson. "Hrólfs rímur Gautrekssonar." Gripla 26 (2015): 81-137.
Kahle, Bernhard. Review of Zwei Fornaldarsögur, edited by Ferdinand Detter. Anzeiger für deutsches Alterthum und deutsche Litteratur 18 (1892): 241-244.
Kalinke, Marianne. "Textual Instability, Generic Hybridity and the Development of Some Fornaldarsögur." In The Legendary Sagas: Origins and Development, edited by Annette Lassen, Agneta Ney and Ármann Jakobsson, 201-227. Reykjavík: University of Iceland Press, 2012.*
Kalinke, Marianne E. "Scribe, Redactor, Author: The Emergence and Evolution of Icelandic Romance." Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 8 (2012): 171-198.
Kalinke, Marianne E. ", Clári saga, and the Evolution of Icelandic RomanceHrólfs saga Gautrekssonar." In Riddarasǫgur: The Translation of European Court Culture in Medieval Scandinavia, edited by Karl G. Johansson and Else Mundal, 273-292. Bibliotheca Nordica 7. Oslo: Novus forlag, 2014.*
Krejćí, Johann. "Nordische Stoffe bei Fouqué." Vierteljahrschrift für Litteraturgeschichte 6 (1893): 553-570.
Liestøl, Knut. "Karakteristiske drag i norsk folkedikting." Nordisk tidskrift för vetenskap, konst och industri 7 (1931): 41-56.
Also in: Liestøl, Knut. "Karakteristiske drag i norsk folkedikting." In Saga og folkeminne, 232-247. Oslo: Olaf Norlis forlag, 1941.
Lindahl, Carl. "Folktale." In Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs, edited by Carl Lindahl, John McNamara and John Lindow, 1: 342-354. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2000.
Mundal, Else. "Fylgja." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited by Phillip Pulsiano, 624-625. New York: Garland, 1993.
Naumann, Hans-Peter. "Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar." In Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, edited by Phillip Pulsiano, 303-304. New York: Garland, 1993.*
Paul, Fritz. "Das Fiktionalitätsproblem in der altnordischen Prosaliteratur." Arkiv för nordisk filologi 97 (1982): 52-66.
Poole, Russell. "Counsel in Hrafnkels saga." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 2: 779-788. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.
See, Klaus von. "Das Problem der mündlichen Erzählprosa im Altnordischen." Skandinavistik 11, no. 2 (1981): 89-95.
Also in: See, Klaus von. Edda, Saga, Skaldendichtung: Aufsätze zur skandinavischen Literatur des Mittelalters. Skandinavistische Arbeiten 6. Heidelberg: Winter, 1981, 506-510.
Sif Ríkharðsdóttir. "Meykóngahefðin í riddarsögum: Hugmyndafræðileg átök um kynhlutverk og þjóðfélagsstöðu." Skírnir 184 (2010): 410-433.
Wäckerlin, Herbert. "The Silence of Sigurðr þǫgli: Vox Articulata and Vox Humana in Vox Animalia." In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature: Sagas and the British Isles; Preprint Papers of The 13th International Saga Conference; Durham and York, 6th-12th August, 2006, edited by John McKinnell, David Ashurst and Donata Kick, 2: 1005-1014. Durham: The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham University, 2006.
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