The Story of Burnt Njal (Icelandic Saga)

The Icelandic Family Saga: An Analytic Reading 0674729285, 9780674729285

This book is an attempt to come to grips with the family saga as formal narrative. Though it would seem late in the day

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A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth ; Islendinga Saga (U of M Icelandic Series) [Reprint ed.] 0887556965, 9780887556968

The founding of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth in 930 A.D. is one of the most significant events in the history of early

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Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga: Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature 9781788312875, 9781350167445, 9781786736314

Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank a

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The Problem of Icelandic Saga Origins: A Historical Survey 068526663X, 9780685266632

The present study was undertaken several years ago for the purpose of providing the student of Germanic or medieval lite

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Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga: Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature 135021163X, 9781350211636

Representative of a unique literary genre and composed in the 13th and 14th centuries, the Icelandic Family Sagas rank a

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Reading the Old Norse-Icelandic “Maríu saga” in Its Manuscript Contexts 9781501514142, 9781501518539

Maríu saga, the Old Norse-Icelandic life of the Virgin Mary, survives in nineteen manuscripts. While the 1871 edition of

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Vǫlsunga saga. The Saga of the Volsungs

Edited and Translated with Introduction, Notes and Appendices by R. G. Finch.

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Narrative in the Icelandic Family Saga: Meanings of Time in Old Norse Literature 2020039279, 2020039280, 9781788312875, 9781350211636, 9781786726254, 9781786736314

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The Burnt Stick 9780857977229, 0857977229

John Jagamarra grew up at the Pearl Bay Mission for Aboriginal children in the far north-west. It was beautiful there, b

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The Saga of Bishop Thorlak. Þorláks saga byskups 0903521881, 9780903521888

Born in 1133 on the southern part of the island, Thorlak became a priest by the age of 18. He traveled to Paris to study

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