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Grettis Saga
Author: Grettir's Saga
Author: Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 019280152X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A sweeping epic of the Viking Age, Grettir's Saga follows the life of the outlaw Grettir the Strong as he battles against sorcery, bad luck, and the vengefulness of his enemies. Among the most famous and widely read of Iceland's sagas, this new translation features extensive illustrative material to elucidate the story.
Grettis Saga: The Story of Grettir the Strong
Author: William MorrisPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473367212
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This early work by William Morris was originally published in 1899 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. William Morris was born in London, England in 1834. Arguably best known as a textile designer, he founded a design partnership which deeply influenced the decoration of churches and homes during the early 20th century. However, he is also considered an important Romantic writer and pioneer of the modern fantasy genre, being a direct influence on authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien. As well as fiction, Morris penned poetry and essays. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Grettis Saga
Author: The Saga of Grettir the Strong
Author: Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141937920
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age becoming eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters - until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilisation, fighting giants, trolls and berserks. A mesmerising combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of the saga writing.
The Long Arm of Coincidence
Author: Magnús FjalldalPublisher:
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Scholars in Old Norse and Old English studies have for years sought to find a connection between BEOWULF and GRETTIS SAGA, despite great differences in the composition, time period, and country of origin of the two works. Here Magnus Fjalldal challenges old assumptions and makes constructive suggestions as to how seeming parallels could have arisen in two texts so separated by time, culture, and geography.
The Vinland Sagas
Author: Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141906987
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
One of the most arresting stories in the history of exploration, these two Icelandic sagas tell of the discovery of America by Norsemen five centuries before Christopher Columbus. Together, the direct, forceful twelfth-century Graenlendinga Saga and the more polished and scholarly Eirik's Saga, written some hundred years later, recount how Eirik the Red founded an Icelandic colony in Greenland and how his son, Leif the Lucky, later sailed south to explore - and if possible exploit - the chance discovery by Bjarni Herjolfsson of an unknown land. In spare and vigorous prose they record Europe's first surprise glimpse of the eastern shores of the North American continent and the natives who inhabited them.
Laxdaela Saga
Author: Magnus MagnussonPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140442182
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Written around 1245 by an unknown author, the Laxdaela Saga is an extraordinary tale of conflicting kinships and passionate love, and one of the most compelling works of Icelandic literature. Covering 150 years in the lives of the inhabitants of the community of Laxriverdale, the saga focuses primarily upon the story of Gudrun Osvif's-daughter: a proud, beautiful, vain and desirable figure, who is forced into an unhappy marriage and destroys the only man she has truly loved – her husband's best friend. A moving tale of murder and sacrifice, romance and regret, the Laxdaela Saga is also a fascinating insight into an era of radical change – a time when the Age of Chivalry was at its fullest flower in continental Europe, and the Christian faith was making its impact felt upon the Viking world.
The Book of Romance
Author: Andrew LangPublisher:
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Category : Arthurian romances
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Re-tells the epic sagas of King Arthur, Roland, William Short Nose, Diarmid, Robin Hood, Wayland the Smith, and Grettir the Strong.
Gisli Sursson's Saga and the Saga of the People of Eyri
Author: Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141941898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen the new social order. Taken together these sagas reveal the richness and variety of the saga tradition.