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Sagas of Warrior-poets Leifur Eiricksson

Sagas of Warrior-poets By Leifur Eiricksson

Sagas of Warrior-poets by Leifur Eiricksson


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Set in the farmsteads of Viking-age Iceland when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with ideas of romance, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles and travels to foreign lands.

Sagas of Warrior-poets Summary

Sagas of Warrior-poets by Leifur Eiricksson

Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.

About Leifur Eiricksson

Diana Whaley is a Reader in Medieval Studies at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.
Translators: Diana Whaley, Rory McTurk, Katrina Attwood, Alison Finlay, Marianne Kalinke

Table of Contents

Sagas of Warrior-PoetsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Translations
Sagas of Warrior-Poets

Kormak's Saga (trans. Rory McTurk)
The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-poet (trans. Diana Whaley)
The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (trans. Katrina Attwood)
The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People (trans. Alison Finlay)
Viglund's Saga (trans. Marianne Kalinke)

Notes
Plot Summaries
Reference Section:
Maps
Chronology
Rulers
Social, Political and Legal Structures
The Farm
Early Icelandic Literature
The Techniques of Skaldic Poetry
Glossary
Index of Characters

Additional information

GOR004029610
9780140447712
0140447717
Sagas of Warrior-poets by Leifur Eiricksson
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
20020829
400
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