Njáls saga

Titre:	Brennu-Njáls saga; Njáls saga
Date:	XIII^e siècle
Langue:	Norrois
Genre:	Saga scandinave
Forme:	Prose
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Manuscrits

Reykjavík, Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum, AM 132 fol., f. 1r-61r [⇛ Description]
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Éditions anciennes

Éditions modernes

Njála. Udg. Konráð Gíslason, København, 1875-1896.
Brennu-Njálssaga (Njála), herausgegeben von Finnur Jónsson, Halle, Niemeyer (Altnordische Saga-Bibliothek, 13), 1908, xlvi + 452 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2, ex. 3]
Njáls saga. Buíð hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson, Reykjavík, Sigurður Kristjánsson (Íslendinga sögur, 10), 1910, viii + 484 p. [GB] [HT] [IA]
Édition antérieure:
- Njáls saga. Buíð hefir til prentunar Vald. Ásmundarson, Reykjavík, Sigurður Kristjánsson (Íslendinga sögur, 10), 1894, viii + 484 p. [GB] [IA]
Brennunjáls saga Halldór Kiljan Laxness gaf út, Helgafell, 1945, 437 p. — Réimpr.: Reykjavík, Vaka-Helgafell, 1997.
Íslendinga sögur. Guðni Jónsson bjó til prentunar, [Reykjavík], Islendingasagnaútgáfan, 1946-1949, 13 t. (ici t. 11)
Réimpressions:
- 1953
- 1968
Brennu-Njáls saga. Einar Ól. Sveinsson gaf út, Reykjavík, Hið íslenzka fornritfélag (Íslenzk fornrit, 12), 1954.
Leyndarmál Laxdælu. Hermann Pálsson gaf út, Reykjavík, Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóðs (Íslensk ritskýring, 2), 1986, 172 p.
Brennu-Njálssaga: texti Reykjabókar. Sveinn Yngvi Egilsson annaðist útgáfuna, Reykjavík, Bjartur (Neonklassík), 2003, 352 p.

Traductions modernes

Icelandic Saga Database, éd. Sveinbjorn Thordarson. [www]
en allemand:
- Die Geschichte vom weisen Njal. 3. bis 7. Tausend. Mit einer Karte. Übertragen von Andreas Heusler, Jena, Diederichs (Thule. Altnordische Dichtung und Prosa, 4), 1922, [iii] + 392 p. [GB] [IA: ex. 1, ex. 2]
  Édition antérieure:
  - Die Geschichte vom weisen Njal. Übertragen von Andreas Heusler, Jena, Diederichs (Thule. Altnordische Dichtung und Prosa, 4), 1914, 366 p. [GB] [IA]
en anglais:
- The Story of Burnt Njal or Life in Iceland at the End of the Tenth Century. From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga. By George Webbe Dasent. With an introduction, maps, and places, Edinburgh, Edmonston and Douglas, 1861, 2 t. [GB: t. 1, t. 2] [IA: t. 1, t. 2]
- The Story of Burnt Njal from the Icelandic of the Njals Saga. By the late sir George Webbe Dasent. With a prefatory note, and the introduction, abridged, from the original edition of 1861, London, Grant Richards, 1900, xlvi + 333 p. [GB] [IA]
- Njal's saga, translated with an introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson, Harmondsworth et New York, Penguin Books (Penguin Classics), 1987, 375 p.
- Njal's saga, trad. Robert Cook, The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, éd. Viðar Hreinsson. Reykjavík, 1997, t. 3, p. 1-220.
- Njal's saga, translated with introduction and notes by Robert Cook, London, Penguin (Penguin Classics), 2001, 377 p.
en danois:
- Historiske fortællinger om Islændernes færd hjemme og ude. Efter de islandske grundskrifter ved N. M. Petersen. Anden udgave, København, Wøldikes forlagsboghandel, 1862-1868, 4 t. (ici t. 2) [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
  Édition antérieure:
  - Historiske fortællinger om Islændernes færd hjemme og ude, udgivne af det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab i bearbejdelse efter de islandske grundskrifter ved N. M. Petersen, Kjøbenhavn, Møllers bogtrykkeri, 1839-1844, 4 t. [GB: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4] [IA: t. 1, t. 2, t. 3, t. 4]
en français:
- La saga de Njál le Brûlé, traduite par Rodolphe Dareste, Pont-Authou, Éditions d'Héligoland, 2007, 436 p.
- La saga de Njáll le Brûlé, traduction de l'islandais par Gérard Chinotti; préface de Rory McTurk, Québec, Presses de l'Université Laval, 2010, viii + 301 p.
en norvégien:
- Njålssoga, innleiing av Roy Jacobsen; omsett av Aslak Liestøl, 7. utg, Oslo, Samlaget, 2003, 320 p.
en suédois:
- Njals saga, översättning och förord Ingegerd Fries, Höganäs, Wiken (Alla tiders klassiker), 1991, 345 p.

Études

Allen, Richard F., Fire and Iron: Critical Approaches to Njáls Saga, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh University Press, 1971.
Andersson, Theodore M., The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280), Ithaca et London, Cornell University Press, 2006, x + 237 p.
Andersson, Theodore M., « Widening horizons in Njáls saga », Emotion, Violence, Vengeance, and Law in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of William Ian Miller, éd. Kate Gilbert et Stephen D. White, Leiden, Brill (Medieval Law and its Practice, 24), 2018, p. 189–201.
Aune, Jeanine Elise, Silence and Power: Silence in "Egils saga", "Laxdoela saga", and "Njáls saga", Ph. D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2015.
Classen, Albrecht, « Friends and friendship in heroic epics: with a focus on Beowulf, Chanson de Roland, the Nibelungenlied, and Njal's Saga », Neohelicon, 38, 2011, p. 121-139. DOI: 10.1007/s11059-011-0090-0
Clover, Carol J., « Telling evidence in Njáls saga », Emotion, Violence, Vengeance, and Law in the Middle Ages: Essays in Honour of William Ian Miller, éd. Kate Gilbert et Stephen D. White, Leiden, Brill (Medieval Law and its Practice, 24), 2018, p. 173-188.
Dronke, Ursula, The Role of Sexual Themes in Njal's Saga, London, Viking Society for Northern Research, 1981.
Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njálssaga, Reykjavík, Leiftur (Studia islandica, 13), 1953, 180 p.
Einar Ólafur Sveinsson, Njals Saga: a Literary Masterpiece, edited and translated by Paul Schach, with an introduction by E. O. G. Turville-Petre, Lincoln, University of Nebraska Press, 1971, xx + 210 p.
Finnur Jónsson, « Om Njála », Aarbøger for nordisk oldkyndighed og historie, 2^e, 19, 1904, p. 89-166. [GB: ex. 1, ex. 2] [HT] [IA]
Hamer, Andrew, Njáls Saga and its Christian Background: A Study of Narrative Method, Leuven, Peeters (Mediaevalia Groningana, n. s., 20; Germania latina, 8), 2014, xvi + 292 p.
Hermann Pálsson, Leyndarmál Laxdælu, Reykjavík, BókaútgáfaMenningarsjóðs (Íslensk ritskýring, 2), 1986, 172 p.
Hines, John, et Desmond Slay, éd., Introductory Essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga, London, Viking Society for Northern Research, 1992, [6] + 151 p.
Høyersten, Jon Geir, Personlighet og avvik: en studie i islendingesagaens menneskebilde - med særlig vekt på Njála, Bergen, Universitetet i Bergen, 1998, 283 p. — Réimpr.: Oslo, Tano Aschehoug, 2000, 271 p.
Jakobsson, Ármann, « Masculinity and politics in Njáls saga », Viator, 38, 2007, p. 191–215.
Jón Karl Helgason, The Rewriting of Njáls Saga: Translation, Ideology and Icelandic Sagas, Clevedon et Philadelphia, Multilingual Matters (Topics in Translation, 16), 1999, 175 p.
Jón Þorkelsson, Skýringar á vísum í nokkurum íslenzkum sögum, Reykjavík, Einar Þórðarson, 1868-1873, 5 t.
Krappe, Alexander Haggerty, « The Valkyrie episode in Njal's Saga », Modern Language Notes, 43, 1928, p. 471-474.
Lethbridge, Emily, « "Hvorki glansar gull á mér / né glæstir stafir í línum": some observations on Íslendingasögur manuscripts and the case of Njáls saga », Arkiv för nordisk filologi, 129, 2014, p. 55-89. [www]
Lethbridge, Emily, et Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, éd., New Studies in the Manuscript Tradition of Njáls saga: The historia mutila of Njála, Kalamazoo, Medieval Institute Publications (The Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe), 2018, xxvi + 332 p.
Compte rendu:
Andrew McGillivray, dans The Medieval Review, 20.05.16, 2020. [www]
Lönnroth, Lars, Njál's Saga: A Critical Introduction, Berkeley, Los Angeles et London, University of California Press, 1976.
Miller, William Ian, "Why is your axe bloody?" A Reading of Njáls Saga, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2014, xxiv + 334 p.
Ravizza, Isabelle, KörperSprache: Formen nonverbaler Kommunikation im Spiegel der "Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar" und der "Njáls saga", Zürich, Berlin et Münster, Lit (Skandinavistik: Sprache - Literatur - Kultur, 6), 2010, 263 p.
Tracy, Larissa, Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature: Negotiations of National Identity, Cambridge, Brewer, 2012, 326 p.
Tulinius, Torfi H., « Seeking death in Njáls saga », New Norse Studies: Essays on the Literature and Culture of Medieval Scandinavia, éd. Jeffrey Turco, Ithaca, Cornell University Press (Islandica, 58), 2015, p. 99-115.
Vésteinn Ólason, Dialogues with the Viking Age: Narration and Representation in the Sagas of the Icelanders, Heimskringla, 1998.
Zeevaert, Ludger, « Mörkum Njálu! An annotated corpus to anlayse and explain grammatical divergences between 14th-century manuscripts of Njáls saga », Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC 14), éd. Nicoletta Calzolari, Khalid Choukri, Thierry Declerck et al., Paris, ELRA, 2014, p. 981-987.
Zeevaert, Ludger, « Easy tools to get to grips with linguistic variation in the manuscripts of Njáls saga », Digital Medievalist, 10, 2014. [www]

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