An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders

An Introduction to the Sagas of Icelanders By Phelpstead, Carl Published by University Press of Florida Publication Date: 2024-05-14 Subject: Germany, Literary Criticism Ancient & Classical, Literary Criticism European German, Literary Criticism European - German, Literary Criticism Medieval, Literary Studies: Classical, Early & Medieval, Literary Studies: Ancient, Classical And Medieval, Literary Criticism Medieval, Literary Criticism, Medieval Subject Keywords: Eiriks saga rauða; Viking Age; Sturlung Age; ancient texts; Medieval Literature; Norway; family sagas; Gísla; English Translations; Grettis; manuscripts; history of the sagas; literature and environment; poetry prose hybrid histories; the sagas of Icelanders; the supernatural; oral traditions; gender and sexuality; Hermann Pálsson; dating the sagas; Old Norse-Icelandic literature; Sabine Baring-Gould; Sir Walter Scott; poets; fued; E. R. Eddison; William Morris; Laxdæla; medieval Icelandic law; Auðunar þáttr vestfirzka; George Webbe Dasent; Vínland; outlaw; Gwyn Jones; Njáls; settlement of Iceland; writing and translation; Hrafnkels saga Freysgoði; national identity Genre: Literary Criticism, Medieval Target Audience: A Read for the Modern Generation