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The Sagas of Icelanders
The Sagas of Icelanders
Author: Karina Attwood, Robert Kellogg, Jane Smiley, George Clark
A compilation of sagas and folk tales by actual Icelanders. — Among the great world literatures, the medieval Sagas of Iceland rank high in the opinions of 20th-century poets such as W. H. Auden, Ted Hughes, and Seamus Heaney, but they have remained relatively obscure when compared to other national epics such as BEOWULF, THE SONG OF ROLAND, and ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780965477703
ISBN-10: 0965477703
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 848
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Publisher: Viking
Book Type: Paperback
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Over 700 pages.

Includes Egil's Saga, The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal, Saga of the People of Laxardal, Bolli Bollason's Tale, The Saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi, The Saga of the Confederates, Gisli Sursson's Saga, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue, The Saga of Ref the Sly, The Vinland Sagas, Saga of the Greenlanders, Eirik the Red's Saga.

Tale of Thorstein Staff-struck, Tale of Halldor Snorrason II, Tale of Sarcastic Halli, Tale of Thorstein Shiver, Tale of Audun from the West Fjords, Tale of the Story-wise Icelander.


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