Reality of the Fantastic

The reality of the fantastic combines a 'new philological' close study of a fifteenth-century Icelandic manuscript compilation of fifteen fornaldarsögur and riddarasögur, AM 343a 4to, with an historically-based analysis of the manuscript's various contents, demonstrating how fictions that are in many respects non-realistic can be made to yield up insights into the real-world concerns and interests of a group of fifteenth-century Icelanders. Both the methodology of this study and its conclusions should interest readers from diverse fields, including literature, history and manuscript studies.

Realitatea fantasticului combina un studiu apropiat „nou filologic” al unei compilatii manuscrise islandeze din secolul al XV-lea a cincisprezece fornaldarsögur si riddarasögur, AM 343a 4to, cu o analiza bazata pe istoric a diverselor continuturi ale manuscrisului, demonstrand modul in care fictiunile care sunt in multe se pot face respecturi nerealiste pentru a da informatii despre preocuparile si interesele din lumea reala a unui grup de islandezi din secolul al XV-lea.