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William Ian Miller presents a close reading of one of the best known of the Icelandic sagas, showing its moral, political, and psychological sophistication. His account of this complex and nuanced saga corrects simplistic readings which have governed interpretation of the saga in the past.
I.INTRODUCTION -- 1.A Somewhat Querulous Introduction: Hrafnkel and the Critics -- The Hrafnkel Problem: Matters of Origins and Historicity -- Law and Literature -- 2.Of Names and Manageability -- II.ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT -- 3.The Saga's Economics (ch. 14) -- Extending Credit and Going into Debt -- Culling Kids and Hrafnkel's Gamble -- Juridical Rank and Status -- 4.New-Found Land and Setting up Households (chs. 1 -- 2) -- Fathers and Sons -- III.HORSE, VOW, AND KILLING -- 5.Freysgoi, Frey, and Freyfaxi -- 6.The Ojafnaoarmaor (The Unevenman) -- Jafn vs. The Inherent Competitiveness of Honor -- 7.Sam, Einar, and Hrafnkel (chs. 3 -- 6) -- Sam -- Einar and Hrafnkel -- 8.Freyfaxi and Hrafnkel: More on the Vow and its Price (chs. 5 -- 6) -- Vows Revisited -- 9.Hrafnkel's Offer (ch. 7) -- 10.Thorbjorn's Rejection (ch. 7 cont.) -- IV.LAWSUIT AB OVO TO FINAL SETTLEMENT -- 11.Mustering Support and Going Public (ch. 7 cont.) -- Kinsmen -- 12.The Lawsuit: Preparatory Stages (chs. 8 -- 9) -- Deus ex Machina: Thorkel Thjostarsson -- 13.Thorkel's Homily on Fellow-Feeling and Commensurating Pain (ch. 10) -- 14.The Trial (chs. 11 -- 12) -- Sam's Victory Dance -- 15.Hanging Upside-Down and Sam's Self-Judgment (ch. 13) -- The Gift of Life -- 16.Farewell Freyfaxi and Frey (chs. 15 -- 16) -- 17.The True Nature of Hrafnkel's Transformation (ch. 16) -- V.SIX YEARS LATER -- 18.Eyvind Returns; a Gri∂kona Takes Over (ch. 17) -- The Skosveinn -- The Astute Washerwoman -- 19.Who in Hell Are We Rooting For? (ch. 18) -- Chase Scenes and Their Discontents -- Trying to Give Eyvind a Psychology -- Offstage -- 20.Hrafnkel's Judgment and Justification (ch. 19) -- You Got Two Choices, Neither of Them Good -- An Evenman Who Pays Compensation -- Justifying Killing Eyvind -- Wiggle Room and Evenness -- Coda: Settlement Breaking -- 21.Sam's Last Gasp (ch. 20) -- 22.Sam and Morpheus: What Counts as Taking a Turn -- Turn-Taking Revisited -- Three Speeches Briefly Revisited -- 23.Conclusion: Hard Cases, Hard Choices -- Appendices -- A.Hrafnkels saga Freysgoi, translation of ms AM 156, fol. -- B.Glossary of Norse Terms -- Works Cited -- A.1.Hrafnkels saga, Editions and Translations Consulted -- A.2.Sources and Translations -- B.Secondary Works.
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes text of Hrafnkels saga Freysgoða, translated from manuscript ÁM 156, fol. into English.