Zeevaert, Ludger(Western Michigan University, Medieval Institute, 2018-12)
The article investigates differences in the use of the historical present tense in the earliest manuscripts of Njál's saga. The manuscripts analyzed show a common stock of forms of the historical present tense that can be explained discourse functionally ...
Lethbridge, Emily; Óskarsdóttir, Svanhildur(Medieval Institute Publications, 2018)
Njáls saga is the best known and most highly regarded of all medieval Icelandic sagas and it occupies a special place in Icelandic cultural history. The manuscript tradition is exceptionally rich and extensive. The oldest extant manuscripts date to ...