Dialogues with the Viking
Age
Narration and Representation in the Sagas
of the Icelanders form a unique and invaluable part of the medieval
European cultural heritage. This book contains an introduction to, and
a critical discussion of the Sagas of the Icelanders, otherwise known
as the Icelandic Family Sagas. The author presents the historical and
literary background of the saga genre, analyses the narrative form and
describes the world view expressed in the sagas.
The author, Vésteinn Ólason (b. 1939), is a professor of Icelandic Literature
at the University of Iceland and was formerly professor at the University
of Oslo; he has also taught at the University of Copenhagen and the
University of California at Berkeley. He has written extensively about
his field of speciality and has published several books, including his
doctoral thesis, Traditional Ballads of Iceland (1982).
Captions in English, German, French, Spanish and Icelandic.
Hardcover with 298 pages.
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