- Description
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 334 pages) : maps.
- Summary
- Njals saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal and his family burned to death in their farmhouse, the other faction picked off over the entire course of the feud. Law and feud feature centrally in the saga, Njal, its hero, being the greatest lawyer of his generation. No reading of the saga can do it justice unless it takes its law, its feuding strategies, as well as the author's stunning manipulation and saga conventions. In 'Why is your axe bloody' W.I. Miller offers a lively, entertaining, and completely orignal personal reading of this lengthy saga.
- Uniform Title
- 'Why is your axe bloody?' (Online)
- Alternative Title
- 'Why is your axe bloody?' (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2014932445
- OCLC
- ssj0001403302
- Author
Miller, William Ian, 1946-
- Title
'Why is your axe bloody?' [electronic resource] : a reading of Njáls Saga / William Ian Miller.
- Imprint
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Edition
First edition.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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