The Sagas of Icelanders
of Jane Smiley (Goodreads Author) (Preface), Robert H. Kellogg (Introduction), Katrina C. Attwood (Contributor), George Clark (Contributor), Anthony Maxwell (Contributor), Bernard Scudder (Translator), Andrew Wawn (Contributor), Keneva Kunz (Contributor), moreâŠ
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In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the worldâs great literary treasures â as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 782 pages
- Publisher Penguin Books
- Publication Date February 24th 2005
- First Publication 11/06/00
- Language English
- ISBN 9780141000039
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Iceland']
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