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Introductory essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga

Title
Introductory essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga / edited by John Hines and Desmond Slay.
Publication
London : Viking Society for Northern Research, [1992]

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  • Hines, John, 1956-
  • Slay, Desmond.
  • Viking Society for Northern Research.
Description
151 pages; 21 cm
Subject
  • Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241. > Congresses
  • Egill Skallagrímsson, approximately 910-approximately 990 > Congresses
  • Njáll Þorgursson, approximately 930-1011 > Congresses
  • Snorri Sturluson, 1179-1241. > Congresses
  • Njáls saga > Congresses
  • Mythology, Norse, in literature > Congresses
  • Sagas > History and criticism > Congresses
  • Mythology, Norse > Congresses
  • Egils saga (anoniem)
  • Njáls saga (anoniem)
Note
  • Papers submitted to the Viking Society Student Conferences held in Cardiff in 1988 and London in 1990 which concentrated on Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar and Brennu-Njáls saga.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Sturlunga saga and the context of saga-writing / Guðrún Nordal -- Kingship in Egils saga / John Hines -- Egils saga and other poets' sagas / Alison Finlay -- Egill's longer poems: Arinbjarnarkviða and Sonatorrek / Carolyne Larrington -- 'Good men' and peace in Njáls saga / Judith Jesch -- Women in Njáls saga / Heather O'Donoghue -- "It seemed to me that the sweetest light of my eyes had been extinguished" / Andrew Hamer -- The Supernatural in Njáls saga : a narratological approach / Rory McTurk -- Vikings and Celts / Peter Robinson -- Egils saga and Njáls saga : bibliographical guides / John Hines.
ISBN
  • 0903521253
  • 9780903521253
OCLC
  • ocm30500615
  • 30500615
  • SCSB-8963626
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Columbia University Libraries