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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022826890
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.
Author : Jane Smilely
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141933269
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.
Author : Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022826882
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.
Author : Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106012315559
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.
Author : CARL. PHELPSTEAD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0813080681
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.
Author : D.M. White
Publisher : punctum books
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781953035271
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : UOM:39015042051519
Author : Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : 9979929332
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141975528
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.
Author : William R. Short
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786447275
The Sagas of Icelanders are enduring stories from Viking-age Iceland filled with love and romance, battles and feuds, tragedy and comedy. Yet these tales are little read today, even by lovers of literature. The culture and history of the people depicted in the Sagas are often unfamiliar to the modern reader, though the audience for whom the tales were intended would have had an intimate understanding of the material. This text introduces the modern reader to the daily lives and material culture of the Vikings. Topics covered include religion, housing, social customs, the settlement of disputes, and the early history of Iceland. Issues of dispute among scholars, such as the nature of settlement and the division of land, are addressed in the text.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022826890
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.
Author : Jeff Janoda
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780897338127
This retelling of the ancient Saga of the People of Eyri is a modern classic. Absolutely gripping and compulsively readable, Booklist said this book, "does what good historical fiction is supposed to do: put a face on history that is recognizable to all." And medieval expert Tom Shippey, writing for the Times Literary Supplement said, "Sagas look like novels superficially, in their size and layout and plain language, but making their narratives into novels is a trick which has proved beyond most who have tried it. Janoda's Saga provides a model of how to do it: pick out the hidden currents, imagine how they would seem to peripheral characters, and as with all historical novels, load the narrative with period detail drawn from the scholars. No better saga adaptation has been yet written."
Author : Peter Hallberg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1962-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803250827
In this stimulating and reliable introduction to the Icelandic saga, Peter Hallberg correctly designates the genre as "Scandinavia's sole, collective original contribution to world literature." These prose narratives dating from the thirteenth century are characterized by a psychological realism which sets them apart from all other contemporary forms of European literature. Mr. Hallberg's emphasis is on the branch of saga literature which deals with the native heroes--with the settlement of Iceland by Norse chieftains and with the lives of these settlers and their descendants. After disposing of the controversial "free-prose" theory of the origin and transmission of these stories, the author treats such problems as style and character portrayal, dreams and destinies, values and ideals, humor and irony. Several of the major sagas are studied in some detail. The concluding discussion concerns the decline of saga writing and the role played by the Sagas in modern Scandinavian life and literature. Paul Schach's introduction and copious annotation furnish additional background material and bibliographical references to English translations of the individual sagas and to significant studies on the major problems of saga research. Although intended primarily for the layman, The Icelandic Saga is of value to the specialist since it judiciously evaluates and incorporates the revolutionary findings of the so-called "Icelandic school" of saga study.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : UOM:39015042051501
Author : Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:245877710
