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Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities

By Miller, William Ian

Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities Contemporary literature

Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities

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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. Hrafnkel tells of a fairly simple feud in which a man rises, falls, and rises again with a vengeance, so to speak. The saga deals with complex issues with finely layered irony: who can one justifiably hit, when, and by what means? It does this with cool nuance, also taking on matters of torture andpain-infliction as a means of generating fellow-feeling. How does one measure pain and humiliation so as to get even, to get back to equal? People are forced to set prices on things we tell ourselves soporifically are priceless, such as esteem, dignity, life itself. Morality no less than legal remedy involvesprice-setting. This book flies in the face of all the previous critical literature which, with very few exceptions, imposes simplistic readings on the saga. A translation of the saga is provided as an appendix.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2017-03-06
Publication Date:
2014-03-06
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198793030
ISBN13:
9780198793038
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[email protected]
Weight:
587 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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