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Was Tristrams saga the Structural Model for Egils saga?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

Paul Schach
Paul Schach
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Department of Modern Languages and LiteraturesUniversity of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588
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Abstract

On the basis of certain compositional features introduced into the Tristan story by Thomas of Brittany, it has been established that the many Tristan reminiscences in Old Norse literature stem from Tristrams saga (Schach 1965). In this paper it will be argued that Tristrams saga provided the structural model for Egils saga.

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Journal of Germanic Linguistics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1990 , pp. 67 - 86
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Copyright © Society for Germanic Linguistics 1990

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