Description:
Lost but Not Forgotten presents the first-ever study of the transmission history of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga of Hrómundur, accompanied by the edition of three versions of the story.
Brief description: Katarzyna Anna Kapitan is a postdoctoral research fellow in digital scholarship at the Division of Humanities and the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford, and she holds a Carlsberg Foundation Junior Research Fellowship at Linacre College. With a background in history, archaeology, and medieval Icelandic studies, Kapitan specialises in Old Norse-Icelandic literature, manuscript studies, and digital humanities.
Review Quotes:
'Lost but Not Forgotten offers a comprehensive introduction to and critical editions of the sagas of Hrómundur Gre(i)psson making a particularly important contribution to scholarship by examining characteristics of the younger saga version previously overlooked in scholarly discussions.' (Professor Natalie Van Deusen, University of Alberta)
'Kapitan's work serves as something of a model as to how future studies of this kind which involve a myriad of early modern manuscripts ought to be conducted. It presents a great deal of useful information about early modern scribal culture and the relationships between scribes and manuscripts.' (Professor Shaun Hughes, Purdue University)