Author: Viðar Hreinsson
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: Vinland and Greenland
Author: Viðar Hreinsson
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: An epic
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales
Author: Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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 : 464
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: Outlaws and nature spirits
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales: Regional feuds
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales
Author: Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old Norse literature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
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 : 472
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 Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition
Author: Gísli Sigurðsson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This work explores the role of orality in shaping and evaluating medieval Icelandic literature. Applying field studies of oral cultures in modern times to this distinguished medieval literature, G sli Sigur sson asks how it would alter our reading of medieval Icelandic sagas if it were assumed they had grown out of a tradition of oral storytelling, similar to that observed in living cultures. Sigur sson examines how orally trained lawspeakers regarded the emergent written culture, especially in light of the fact that the writing down of the law in the early twelfth century undermined their social status. Part II considers characters, genealogies, and events common to several sagas from the east of Iceland between which a written link cannot be established. Part III explores the immanent or mental map provided to the listening audience of the location of Vinland by the sagas about the Vinland voyages. Finally, this volume focuses on how accepted foundations for research on medieval texts are affected if an underlying oral tradition (of the kind we know from the modern field work) is assumed as part of their cultural background. This point is emphasized through the examination of parallel passages from two sagas and from mythological overlays in an otherwise secular text.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
This work explores the role of orality in shaping and evaluating medieval Icelandic literature. Applying field studies of oral cultures in modern times to this distinguished medieval literature, G sli Sigur sson asks how it would alter our reading of medieval Icelandic sagas if it were assumed they had grown out of a tradition of oral storytelling, similar to that observed in living cultures. Sigur sson examines how orally trained lawspeakers regarded the emergent written culture, especially in light of the fact that the writing down of the law in the early twelfth century undermined their social status. Part II considers characters, genealogies, and events common to several sagas from the east of Iceland between which a written link cannot be established. Part III explores the immanent or mental map provided to the listening audience of the location of Vinland by the sagas about the Vinland voyages. Finally, this volume focuses on how accepted foundations for research on medieval texts are affected if an underlying oral tradition (of the kind we know from the modern field work) is assumed as part of their cultural background. This point is emphasized through the examination of parallel passages from two sagas and from mythological overlays in an otherwise secular text.
The Vinland Sagas
Author: Leifur Eiricksson
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141991550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141991550
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
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.