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Class Detail:
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FA 2010
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
MEMS
375
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Celtic and Nordic Mythology
Section
001
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Credits:
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3
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Requirements & Distribution:
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HU
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Other:
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Theme, WorldLit
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Waitlist Capacity:
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unlimited
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Other Course Info:
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Taught in English.
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Repeatability:
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May not be repeated for credit.
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Primary Instructor:
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Gull,Maria E
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(real time availability for all sections)
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A study of the Celtic and Nordic cycles of myths and sagas, including the Nibelungenlied, Tristan and Isolde cycles, the Irish Tain, the Welsh Mabinogi, the Scandinavian Edda and some of the literature based on these cycles.
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Course Syllabi
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Textbooks/Other Materials (data maintained by department in Wolverine Access)
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ISBN: 9780520253964
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The Mabinogi and other medieval Welsh tales, Author: translated with an introduction by Patrick K. Ford., Publisher: University of California Press 30th anniv 1977
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780140447385
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The Saga of the Volsungs : the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer, Author: translated with an introduction, notes and glossary by Jesse L. Byock., Publisher: Penguin 17. [repr. 1999
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Required
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ISBN: 9780520234772
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The prose Edda : tales from Norse mythology, Author: Snorri Sturluson ; translated by Jean I. Young., Publisher: University of California Press 2002
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Required
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ISBN: 9780393334159
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a new verse translation, Author: [translated by] Simon Armitage., Publisher: W.W. Norton 1st Norton 2008
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Required
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Other Textbook Editions OK.
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ISBN: 9780140441376
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The Nibelungenlied : a new translation, Author: by A.T. Hatto., Publisher: Penguin Books Revised ed 1969
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Required
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ISBN: 9780192803733
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The Tain : from the Irish epic Tain Bo Cualinge, Author: transl. by Thomas Kinsella., Publisher: Oxford Univ. Press 2002
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Required
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ISBN: 9780140444742
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Seven Viking romances, Author: translated with an introduction by Hermann Palsson and Paul Edwards., Publisher: Penguin Books 1985
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Required
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ISBN: 9780810107670
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The Romance of Tristan and Isolt., Author: Translated from the Old French by Norman B. Spector. With a foreword by Eugene Vinaver., Publisher: Northwestern University Press 1987
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Required
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ISBN: 9780140449310
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Beowulf : a verse translation, Publisher: Penguin Books 2003
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Required
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