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Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland

By Robert Kellogg

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Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland

By Robert Kellogg

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The capstone volume in Penguin Classics’ celebrated series of Icelandic sagas Comic Sagas and Tales from Iceland brings together the very finest Icelandic stories from the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries, a time of civil unrest and social upheaval. With feuding families and moments of grotesque violence, the sagas see such classic mythological figures as murdered fathers, disguised beggars, corrupt chieftains, and avenging sons who do battle with axes, words, and cunning. The tales, meanwhile, follow heroes and comical fools through dreams, voyages, and religious conversions in medieval Iceland and beyond. Shaped by Iceland’s oral culture and its people’s conversion to Christianity, these stories are works of ironic humor and stylistic innovation. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
2013-03-07
Publication Date:
2013-03-07
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140447741
ISBN13:
9780140447743
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
12
Weight:
272 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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