The Sagas Of Icelanders A Selection
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The Sagas Of The Icelanders
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Author : Jane Smilely
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2005-02-24
The Sagas Of The Icelanders written by Jane Smilely and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-24 with Fiction categories.
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world’s great literary treasures – as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
The Sagas Of Icelanders
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language : en
Publisher: Paw Prints
Release Date : 2008-10-04
The Sagas Of Icelanders written by and has been published by Paw Prints this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-04 with categories.
Presents a collection of Viking "sagas" to commemorate the adventures of the people who first settled Iceland, and then explored Greenland and North America.
The Sagas Of Icelanders
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Author : Jane Smiley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-01
The Sagas Of Icelanders written by Jane Smiley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01 with categories.
An Introduction To The Sagas Of Icelanders
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Author : CARL. PHELPSTEAD
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-05-14
An Introduction To The Sagas Of Icelanders written by CARL. PHELPSTEAD and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Literary Criticism categories.
Combining an accessible approach with innovative scholarship, Carl Phelpstead draws on historical context, contemporary theory, and close reading to deepen our understanding of Icelandic saga narratives about the island's early history.
Comic Sagas And Tales From Iceland
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language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2013-03-07
Comic Sagas And Tales From Iceland written by and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-07 with Fiction categories.
Comic Sagas and Tales brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains and avenging sons do battle with axes, words and cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes and comical fools through dreams, voyages and religious conversions in medieval Iceland and beyond. Shaped by Iceland's oral culture and their conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humour and stylistic innovation.
The Complete Sagas Of Icelanders Including 49 Tales An Epic Njal S Saga
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
The Complete Sagas Of Icelanders Including 49 Tales An Epic Njal S Saga written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Old Norse literature categories.
The set contains "the first complete, coordinated English translation of The sagas of Icelanders, forty in all, together with forty-nine of the shorter Tales of Icelanders."--Preface.
The Vinland Sagas
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Author : Leifur Eiricksson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-05-23
The Vinland Sagas written by Leifur Eiricksson and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-23 with Fiction categories.
The Saga of the Greenlanders and Eirik the Red’s Saga contain the first ever descriptions of North America, a bountiful land of grapes and vines, discovered by Vikings five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Written down in the early thirteenth century, they recount the Icelandic settlement of Greenland by Eirik the Red, the chance discovery by seafaring adventurers of a mysterious new land, and Eirik’s son Leif the Lucky’s perilous voyages to explore it. Wrecked by storms, stricken by disease and plagued by navigational mishaps, some survived the North Atlantic to pass down this compelling tale of the first Europeans to talk with, trade with, and war with the Native Americans.
The Cambridge Introduction To The Old Norse Icelandic Saga
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Author : Margaret Clunies Ross
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010-10-28
The Cambridge Introduction To The Old Norse Icelandic Saga written by Margaret Clunies Ross and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
The medieval Norse-Icelandic saga is one of the most important European vernacular literary genres of the Middle Ages. This Introduction to the saga genre outlines its origins and development, its literary character, its material existence in manuscripts and printed editions, and its changing reception from the Middle Ages to the present time. Its multiple sub-genres - including family sagas, mythical-heroic sagas and sagas of knights - are described and discussed in detail, and the world of medieval Icelanders is powerfully evoked. The first general study of the Old Norse-Icelandic saga to be written in English for some decades, the Introduction is based on up-to-date scholarship and engages with current debates in the field. With suggestions for further reading, detailed information about the Icelandic literary canon, and a map of medieval Iceland, this book is aimed at students of medieval literature and assumes no prior knowledge of Scandinavian languages.
Egil The Viking Poet
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Author : Laurence de Looze
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2015-01-01
Egil The Viking Poet written by Laurence de Looze and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil's story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory.
The Medieval Saga
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Author : Carol J. Clover
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-15
The Medieval Saga written by Carol J. Clover and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Written in the thirteenth century, the Icelandic prose sagas, chronicling the lives of kings and commoners, give a dramatic account of the first century after the settlement of Iceland—the period from about 930 to 1050. To some extent these elaborate tales are written versions of traditional sagas passed down by word of mouth. How did they become the long and polished literary works that are still read today? The evolution of the written sagas is commonly regarded as an anomalous phenomenon, distinct from contemporary developments in European literature. In this groundbreaking study, Carol J. Clover challenges this view and relates the rise of imaginative prose in Iceland directly to the rise of imaginative prose on the Continent. Analyzing the narrative structure and composition of the sagas and comparing them with other medieval works, Clover shows that the Icelandic authors, using Continental models, owe the prose form of their writings, as well as some basic narrative strategies, to Latin historiography and to French romance.