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The Relation of the Hrólfs Saga Kraka and the Bjarkarímur toBeowulf.

A Contribution to the History of Saga Development in England and the
Scandinavian Countries.

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTSAND LITERATURE IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY(DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH).
BY
OSCAR LUDVIG OLSON

A Private Edition

Distributed By The University of Chicago Libraries

A Trade Edition Is Published By The Society forthe Advancement of Scandinavian Study.

1916

THE RELATION OF THE HRÓLFS SAGA KRAKA AND THE BJARKARÍMUR TO BEOWULF.
A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SAGA DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND AND THESCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES.

PREFACE

It was at the suggestion of Professor John M. Manly that I took up thestudy which has resulted in the following dissertation, and from him Ihave received much encouragement and valuable assistance on numerousoccasions. I have profited by suggestions received from Professor TomPeete Cross and Professor James R. Hulbert; and Professor Chester N.Gould has been unstinting in his kindness in permitting me to draw onhis knowledge of the Old Norse language and literature. In addition tothe aid received from these gentlemen, professors in the University ofChicago, I have received bibliographical information and helpfulsuggestions from Professor Frederick Klaeber, of the University ofMinnesota; I have been aided in various ways by Professor George T.Flom, of the University of Illinois, particularly in preparing themanuscript for the press; and from others I have had assistance inreading proof. To all these gentlemen I am very grateful, and I takethis opportunity to extend to them my sincere thanks.

INTRODUCTORY.

The following pages are the result of an investigation that has grownout of a study of Beowulf. The investigation has been prosecutedmainly with a view to ascertaining as definitely as possible therelationship between the Anglo-Saxon poem and the Hrólfs Saga Kraka,and has involved special consideration of two portions of the saga,namely, the Bọðvarsþáttr, and the Fróðaþáttr, and such portions ofthe early literature in England and the Scandinavian countries as seemto bear some relationship to the stories contained in these twoportions of the saga. Some of the results achieved may seem to beoutside the limits of the main theme. But they are not without valuein this connection, for they throw light on the manner in which theHrólfssaga and some of the other compositions in question came toassume the form in which we now find them. Thus these results assistus in determining the extent to which the saga and the Bjarkarímurare related to Beowulf.

As the field under consideration has been the object of investigation bya number of scholars, much that otherwise would need to be explained toprepare the way for what is to be presented lies ready at hand, and thisis used as a foundation on which to build further.

In order to give the reader who is interested in the subject, but hasnot made a special study of it, an idea of the problems involved, andthe solutions that have been offered, the discussion is preceded by abrief summary of the principal conclusions reached by various scholars.

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