Introductory essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga
- Title
- Introductory essays on Egils saga and Njáls saga / edited by John Hines and Desmond Slay.
- Published by
- London : Viking Society for Northern Research, [1992]
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- Description
- 151 pages; 21 cm
- Subject
- Snorri Sturluson, 1179-1241 > Egils saga > Congresses
- Njáll Þorgursson, approximately 930-1011 > Congresses
- Egils saga (anoniem)
- Njáls saga > Congresses
- Egill Skallagrímsson, approximately 910-approximately 990 > Congresses
- Njáls saga (anoniem)
- Snorri Sturluson, 1179?-1241 > Egils saga > Congresses
- Sagas > History and criticism > Congresses
- Mythology, Norse, in literature > Congresses
- Mythology, Norse > Congresses
- Contents
- Sturlunga saga and the context of saga-writing / Guðrún Nordal -- Kingship in Egils saga / John Hines -- Egils saga and other poets' sagas / Alison Finlay -- Egill's longer poems: Arinbjarnarkviða and Sonatorrek / Carolyne Larrington -- 'Good men' and peace in Njáls saga / Judith Jesch -- Women in Njáls saga / Heather O'Donoghue -- "It seemed to me that the sweetest light of my eyes had been extinguished" / Andrew Hamer -- The Supernatural in Njáls saga : a narratological approach / Rory McTurk -- Vikings and Celts / Peter Robinson -- Egils saga and Njáls saga : bibliographical guides / John Hines.
- Owning institution
- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Papers submitted to the Viking Society Student Conferences held in Cardiff in 1988 and London in 1990 which concentrated on Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar and Brennu-Njáls saga.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.