Eirik the Red and other Icelandic Sagas - Brossura

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0192835300 ISBN 13: 9780192835307

Casa editrice: Oxford Paperbacks, 1999

Riassunto

The remote and inhospitable landscape of Iceland made it a perfect breeding-ground for heroes. The first Norsemen to colonize it in 860 found that the fight for survival demanded high courage and tough self reliance; it also nurtured a stern sense of duty and an uncompromising view of destiny. The Icelandic sagas relate the adventurous lives of individuals and families between 930 and 1030, which began as oral tales but were skilfully documented in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and are now regarded as written literature.

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Contenuti:

Hen-Thorir; The Vapnfjord Men; Thorstein Staff-Struck; Hrafnkel the Priest of Frey; Eirik the Red; Thidrandi Whom the Goddesses Slew; Authun and the Bear; Gunnlaug Wormtongue; King Hrolf and his Champions

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• Editore: Oxford Paperbacks
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0192835300
• ISBN 13: 9780192835307
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
• Redattore: Jones Gwyn