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...verse in the fifth number of the Advocate is better than the prose. "To Pan," though a well worn theme, is pretty and melodious. The "Saga of Lake" is an exceedingly clever fragment which ought to have been signed. The "Secret of Love" deserves commendation, particularly for its form...
...have the Saga down to the 6th century in something of this form. The song was transmitted by wandering singers, the chroniclers and newsmongers of their...
...written in old Norse prose and poetry, the latter being subdivided into the poetry of the Edda and Skald or court poetry. The Icelandic poet was not a poet in the strict sense of the word, but a story teller who wandered about reciting tales of Scandinavian origin. The Saga, the heroic tradition of the Norsemen, is divided in three periods: the heroic period up to 1030; the period of development from 1030 to 1100, and a third period from 1100 to 1200, during which all these legends were written down. In speaking of the Nibelungenlied, Professor Smith said there...
James Freeman Clarke's lecture on the "Comparative History of Religions," at the Lowell Institute, ended last week. He has been followed by Professor Boyesen of Columbia College on "Germanic Literature." His lecture Monday evening was on "Icelandic Saga Literature...