CRITICISM

Amory, Frederic. “Kennings, Referentiality, and Metaphors.” Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi / Archives for Scandinavian Philology 103, no. 1 (1988): 87-101.

Linguistic analysis of the metaphorical content of Snorri's kennings.

———. “Second Thoughts on Skáldskaparmál.” Scandinavian Studies 62, no. 3 (1990): 331-39.

Lengthy review of Margaret Clunies Ross's work on Snorri and Skáldskaparmál.

Andersson, Theodore M. “The Politics of Snorri Sturluson.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 93, no. 1 (January 1994): 55-78.

Compares and contrasts Heimskringla with one of Snorri's chief sources, Morkinskinna.

Berger, Alan J. “Heimskringla and the Compilations.” Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi / Archives for Scandinavian Philology 114 (1999): 5-15.

Argues that Heimskringla was written after the Longest Saga and that Snorri was not its sole author.

Berman, Melissa A. “Egils Saga and Heimskringla.” Scandinavian Studies 54, no. 1 (winter 1982): 21-50.

Argues that Snorri is the author of Egils Saga and that he wrote it after Heimskringla.

Brodeur, Arthur G. “The Meaning of Snorri's Categories.” In In Honorem Lawrence Marsden Price: Contributions by His Colleagues and by His Former Students, pp. 129-47. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1952.

Makes distinctions between different types of kennings employed by Snorri.

Dieterle, Richard L. “The Song of Baldr.” Scandinavian Studies 58, no. 3 (summer 1986): 285-307.

Provides taxonomic analysis of Loki's role in Baldr's death.

Faulkes, Anthony. “Pagan Sympathy: Attitudes to Heathendom in the Prologue to Snorra Edda.” In Edda: A Collection of Essays, edited by Robert J. Glendinning and Haraldur Bessason, pp. 283-314. Manitoba: University of Manitoba Press, 1983.

Analyzes how Snorri defines Scandinavian heathendom and how he relates it to Christianity.

———. “The Sources of Skládskaparmál: Snorri's Intellectual Background.” In Snorri Sturluson: Kolloquium anläβblich der 750. Wiederkehr seines Todestages, edited by Alois Wolf, pp. 59-76. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen, 1993.

Posits that Snorri had no direct knowledge of Latin works and most likely could not read the language.

Harris, Joseph. “The Masterbuilder Tale in Snorri's Edda and Two Sagas.” Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi 91 (1976): 66-101.

Posits a new derivation for Snorri's Masterbuilder stories.

Jackson, Tatjana N. “On Snorri Sturluson's Creative Activity: The Problem of Writer Intrusion into the Narrative.” Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi / Archives for Scandinavian Philology 99, no. 1 (1984): 107-25.

Discusses the various ways Snorri intrudes upon his tales.

Ross, Margaret Clunies. “The Myth of Gefjon and Gylfi and its Function in Snorra Edda and Heimskringla.” Arkiv for Nordisk Filologi / Archives for Scandinavian Philology 93 (1978): 149-65.

Contends that Snorri used the myth's central motif to illustrate early Scandinavian dealings with Britain.

———. “Why Skadi Laughed: Comic Seriousness in an Old Norse Mythic Narrative.” Maal og Minne 1-2 (1989): 1-14.

Explains how laughter is used in portions of the Edda to overcome debilitating grief.

Tolley, Clive. “Sources for Snorri's Depiction of Óðinn in Ynglinga Saga: Lappish Shamanism and the Historia Norvegiae.” Maal og Minne 1 (1996): 67-79.

Suggests that Snorri based his description of Óðinn's powers on those of Lappish shamans.

Whaley, Diana. “Skalds and Situationas Verses in Heimskringla.” In Snorri Sturluson: Kolloquium anläβblich der 750. Wiederkehr seines Todestages, edited by Alois Wolf, pp. 59-76. Tübingen, Germany: Gunter Narr Verlag Tübingen, 1993.

Additional coverage of Snorri Sturluson's life and career is contained in the following source published by the Gale Group: Reference Guide to World Literature, Ed. 2.