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Anger in the sagas of Icelanders /

Manning examines the presentation of anger in the Islendingasögur ('Sagas of Icelanders') and Islendingaþættir ('Tales of Icelanders'), a remarkable Old Norse-Icelandic corpus of texts written in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, that details conflicts and feuds of Iceland...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Manning, George C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Sagas > History and criticism.
Icelandic literature > History and criticism.
Anger in literature.
Sagas > Histoire et critique.
Littérature islandaise > Histoire et critique.
Colère dans la littérature.
Sagas.
FICTION.
Ancient & Classical.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
Ancient.
RELIGION.
Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Literature: history & criticism.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Manning examines the presentation of anger in the Islendingasögur ('Sagas of Icelanders') and Islendingaþættir ('Tales of Icelanders'), a remarkable Old Norse-Icelandic corpus of texts written in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, that details conflicts and feuds of Icelanders from the late-ninth to early-eleventh centuries.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780198970637
0198970633
0198970609
9780198970606