Three Icelandic Sagas

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:467858848

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Three Icelandic Sagas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Viking Society for Northern Research University College
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Old Norse prose literature
ISBN : 0903521660

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Three Icelandic Outlaw Sagas by Anonim Pdf

Here are three epic stories of exile and adventure: the heroes condemned to wander their lands in expiation of crimes committed in honour's name. The book includes an introduction, notes, a text summary and a chronology of early Icelandic literature.

Author : M. H. Scargill,Margaret Schlauch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : English literature
ISBN : OCLC:1080685688

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Three Icelandic Sagas by M. H. Scargill,Margaret Schlauch Pdf

Author : George Johnston,Peter Foote
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1973-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0802062199

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The Saga of Gisli the Outlaw by George Johnston,Peter Foote Pdf

The Saga of Gisli was written early in the thirteenth century. It offers an imaginative reconstruction of the story of a man and his family who came to Iceland from Norway about AD 960. Soon after 960 Gisli, the central figure, was outlawed for killing his brother-in-law, and then, for thirteen years or more, he lived in hiding in remote parts of the northwest of Iceland until he was finally caught and killed by his enemies. Around this imaginative core the author has spun a web of conflicting passions - love, hare and jealousy between man and wife, brother and sister, brother-in-law - intricate emotional bonds which are here seen ironically patterned against a background of inevitable fate. Gisli, the hero, is portrayed not only as a man of strength and courage, but also a poet and dreamer, tormented in his outlawry by nightmarish visions which seem gradualy to sap his will to resist. The author's probing into the emotional depths of his characters, the superbly effective architecture of his narrative leading to the central climax, his sense of the dramatic, and his cool, compelling style all combine to make this one of the most memorable of all the Icelandic sagas.

Author : Jeff Janoda
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780897338127

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Saga by Jeff Janoda Pdf

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 : Jane Smilely
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141933269

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The Sagas of the Icelanders by Jane Smilely Pdf

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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : OCLC:236328253

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Three Icelandic Sagas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Magnús Magnússon
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Iceland
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Icelandic Sagas by Magnús Magnússon Pdf

Author : W. A. Craigie
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107401723

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The Icelandic Sagas by W. A. Craigie Pdf

A critical examination of sagas, and a consideration of the circumstances that fostered such an outpouring of literature in Iceland during the Middle Ages.

Author : Magnús Magnússon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122156016

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Iceland Saga by Magnús Magnússon Pdf

The world-famous Icelandic sagas related to the spectacular living landscapes of today.

Author : Peter Hallberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015064814406

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The Icelandic Saga by Peter Hallberg Pdf

Author : Magnus Magnusson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : English prose literature
ISBN : UCSC:32106007790774

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Iceland Saga by Magnus Magnusson Pdf

Author : Viðar Hreinsson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Old Norse literature
ISBN : UOM:39015042051485

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The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, Including 49 Tales by Viðar Hreinsson Pdf

Author : Guðbrandur Vigfússon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Northmen
ISBN : PRNC:32101067289742

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Icelandic Sagas and Other Historical Documents Relating to the Settlements and Descents of the Northmen on the British Isles by Guðbrandur Vigfússon Pdf

Author : Peter Hallberg
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1962-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0803250827

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The Icelandic Saga by Peter Hallberg Pdf

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.