Paperback
Set in the farmsteads of Viking-age Iceland when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with ideas of romance, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles and travels to foreign lands.
Sagas of Warrior-poets
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
29 August 2002
Summary
All the Icelandic sagas portray a world well aware of the power of words- to praise, to blame, to curse and to taunt. Yet these five stories are unusual in putting a skald, or poet, centre stage and building the plot around his travels to seek fame, his doomed love for a married woman and his hostilities against her menfolk.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447712 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140447717 |
| Author: | Leifur Eiricksson, Diana Whaley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 29 August 2002 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Leifur Eiricksson
Diana Whaley is a Reader in Medieval Studies at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Translators: Diana Whaley, Rory McTurk, Katrina Attwood, Alison Finlay, Marianne Kalinke
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.