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2. ²² 'Fieldwork' in ancient literatures begins at least with Parry and Lord, but for a recent example see Reichl (forthcoming).
3. ²³ For example, Heinzel 1875; Meyer 1889; Paetzel 1913. ²⁴ Wolf 1965; Dronke 1978; Mittner 1955; Wilts 1968; Larrington 1993. ³⁵ The bibliographies of Uecker 1972 are handy, but see also the fuller bibliography in Schneider 1933-34/1962 (covering 1928-60 by R. Wisniewski), continued to about 1985 in Beck 1988: 329-413 (by Beck and his students). The enormous evidence of these bibliographies makes any offhand attempt at order (like the gradation suggested here) seem hopeless, and yet Beck's bib- liography is carefully arranged and potentially a great aid to study.
4. ³⁶ Kuhn's essay acknowledges as predecessor Genzmer 1948 and was first published in Genzmer's fest- schrift. See further Uecker 1972: 13-15 on this topic. ⁴⁶ For a pointed explanation of this resistance, see Andersson 1988; for a much broader treatment of the whole area covered by Heusler as background to the Nibelunglied, see Andersson 1987. ⁴⁷ My main thoughts on this subject: Harris 1983a, 1988, 1994, 2006, 2007.
5. ⁵² Andersson 1967: 65-93 (ch. 3: The Heroic Legacy) gives a thorough history of research on this topic as well as his own new ideas. In the compressed context of the present article I speak simply of 'the saga' or 'sagas' , but Heusler made careful distinctions among different classes within what we now refer to as 'the saga literature' , sorting out the more or less native classes to which his criticism applied. ⁵³ The criteria of 1943 (202: 'das Vorrömische und Vorritterliche') deviate significantly from those of 1923 (1943: 8: 'das von Kirche und antiker Bildung nicht greifbar bestimmte Germanentum').
6. ⁵⁴ Heusler 1943: 203: 'Wir sprachen eben von dem Wurzelgrund der isländischen Sagakunst […]. Wir bekennen uns zu den Sätzen: Das Urphänomen der "Saga" ist eine mündliche Prosaepik.' ⁵⁵ 1943: 216: 'Die Schlagworte "Freiprosa" und "Buchprosa" haben wir bis eben gemieden. Sie haben etwas Starres und verführen leicht zum Übertreiben, zu Zerrbildern der gegnerischen Ansicht […].
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