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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: An epic
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
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The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: An epic : Njal's saga
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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 Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: An epic : Njal's saga
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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 Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales
Author: Viðar Hreinsson
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
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 Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: Regional feuds
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: Vinland and Greenland
Author: Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher:
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Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
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.
Sagas of Warrior-poets
Author: Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141941588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141941588
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
Viking Age Iceland
Author: Jesse Byock
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141937653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction of the inner workings of a unique and intriguing society.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141937653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
Medieval Iceland was unique amongst Western Europe, with no foreign policy, no defence forces, no king, no lords, no peasants and few battles. It should have been a utopia yet its literature is dominated by brutality and killing. The reasons for this, argues Jesse Byock, lie in the underlying structures and cultural codes of the islands' social order. 'Viking Age Iceland' is an engaging, multi-disciplinary work bringing together findings in anthropology and ethnography interwoven with historical fact and masterful insights into the popular Icelandic sagas, this is a brilliant reconstruction of the inner workings of a unique and intriguing society.
Seven Viking Romances
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Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141966807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances - as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141966807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances - as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature.
Edda
Author: Snorri Sturluson
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research University College
ISBN: 9780903521642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Publisher: Viking Society for Northern Research University College
ISBN: 9780903521642
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.