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Dr David Ashurst - all publications

Books: authored

• Ashurst, David (2009). The Ethics of Empire in the Saga of Alexander the Great: a study based on MS AM 519a 4to. Reykjavik: Bókmenntafræðistofnun Háskóla Íslands.

Books: edited

• McKinnell, J., Ashurst, D. & Kick, D. (2006). The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature. Sagas and the British Isles. Preprints of the Thirteenth International Saga Conference, Durham and York, 6th-12th August 2006. Durham: Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

Books: reviews

• Ashurst, D (2004). ‘Sturla Þórðarsons Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar. By Ulrike Sprenger. Texte und Untersuchungen zur Germanistik und Skandinavistik, 46. Peter Lang. Frankfurt am Main 2000’. Saga-Book 28: 139-41.
• Ashurst, David. (2003). ‘Der “Antikenroman” in der isländischen Literatur des Mittelalters. Eine Untersuchung zur Übersetzung und Rezeption lateinischer Literatur im Norden. By Stefanie Würth. Helbing und Lichtenhahn, Basel 1998'. Scandinavica 42(1): 149-51.
• Ashurst, D. (2002). 'Wagner og Völsungar: Niflungahringurinn og íslenskar fornbókmenntir. By Árni Björnsson. Mál og menning. Reykjavik 2000’. Saga-Book 26: 160-162.

Books: sections

• Ashurst, D. (2007). 'Encyclopedic Literature: Physiognomy.'. In A New Introduction to Old Norse: Part II Reader.. Faulkes, A. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. 323-332.
• Ashurst, D. (2007). Preaching and Response in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries: John Mirk, Festial. In Treasures of Durham University Library. Gameson, R. Durham: Durham University. 66-67.
• Ashurst, D. (2005). 'Saga af Tristram ok Ísönd.’. In A New Introduction to Old Norse: Reader.. Faulkes, Anthony. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. 2: 163-172.

Essays in edited volumes

• Ashurst, David (2013). 'Wagner, Morris, and the Sigurd Figure: Confronting Freedom and Uncertainty'. In Revisiting the Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend. Acker, Paul & Larrington, Carolyne Routledge. 219-237.
• Ashurst, David (2012). 'Alexander the Great'. In Heroes and Anti-heroes in Medieval Romance. Cartlidge, Neil D. S. Brewer. 27-41.
• Ashurst, David (2011). ‘Kings. Bishops, and Laws: The Old Norse-Icelandic Version of 1 Maccabees.’. In Myths, Legends and Heroes: Essays on Old Norse and Old English Literature in Honour of John McKinnell. Anlezark, Daniel Toronto University Press. 133-147.
• Ashurst, David (2011). 'Alexander Literature in English and Scots'. In A Companion to Alexander in the Middle Ages. Zuwiyya, Z. David. Brill. 255-290.
• Ashurst, David & Vitti, Francesco (2011). 'Alexander Literature in Scandinavia'. In A Companion to Alexander in the Middle Age. Zuwiyya, Z. David Brill. 315-327.
• Ashurst, David (2010). 'Old English Wisdom Poetry'. In A Companion to Medieval Poetry. Saunders, Corinne Oxford: Blackwell. 125-140.
• Ashurst, David (2009). 'Eddic Myth, Victorian Values: The Popularisation of Old Norse Mythology in Britain, 1837 to 1876.'. In Sang an Ægir: Nordische Mythen um 1900. Schultz, Katja & Heesch, Florian Heidelberg: Winter. 45-71.
• Ashurst, D. (2007). 'William Morris and the Volsungs.'. In Old Norse Made New.. Clark, D. & Phelpstead, C. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. 43-61.
• Ashurst, D. (2006). 'Imagining Paradise'. In The Fantastic in Old Norse/Icelandic Literature. Sagas and the British isles. McKinnell, J., Ashurst, D. & Kick, D. Durham: Durham University. 1: 71-80.
• Ashurst, D (2000). ‘Journey to the Antipodes. Cosmological and Mythological Themes in Alexanders saga’. In Proceedings of the Eleventh International Saga Conference. Clunies Ross & M. Sydney: University of Sydney. 1-13.
• Ashurst, D. (1997). ‘“We Call that Man Happy who Regards Himself as a King” Alexanders saga and the Norwegian Crown’. In Sagas and the Norwegian Experience: Tenth International Saga Conference Papers. Hagland, J.R. Trondheim: Senter for middelalderstudier. 23-32.

Journal papers: academic

• Ashurst, D. (2007). 'The Ironies in Cardinal William of Sabina's Supposed Pronouncement on Icelandic Independence'. Saga-Book. 31: 39-45.
• Ashurst, D (2002). ‘The Transformation of Homosexual Liebestod in Sagas Translated from Latin’. Saga-Book 26: 67-96.
• Ashurst, D. (2000). ‘Bleikir Akrar - Snares of the Devil? The Significance of the Pale Cornfields in Alexanders saga’. Saga-Book 25: 272-91.
• Ashurst, D. (1999). ‘Humour in the Cantigas d’amigo: Its Nature and Significance’. Portuguese Studies 14: 20-32.
• Ashurst, D. (1997). 'Masculine Postures and Poetic Gambits: The Treatment of the Soldadeira in the Cantigas d'escarnho e de mal dizer'. Bulletin of Hispanic Studies 74(1): 1-6.