Sagas of Warrior-poets
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Medieval, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Leifur Eiricksson | ISBN: | 9780141941585 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd | Publication: | August 29, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Penguin | Language: | English |
| Author: | Leifur Eiricksson |
| ISBN: | 9780141941585 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publication: | August 29, 2002 |
| Imprint: | Penguin |
| Language: | English |
Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
Kormak's Saga, The Saga of Hallfred Troublesome-Poet, The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue, The Saga of Bjorn, Champion of the Hitardal People, Viglund's Saga Set in the farmsteads of Viking age Iceland at a time when the old ethos of honour and heroic adventure merged with new ideas of romantic infatuation, each of these sagas features poet heroes, complex love triangles, and travels to foreign lands.
