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OverviewEgils saga, composed some eight hundred years ago to relate the life and times of Egill Skallagrimsson, the Viking poet and Icelander of the tenth century, is a major prose narrative thought by many scholars to be written by Snorri Sturluson, the great medieval historiographer of Iceland. Essential elements for understanding Egils saga in its time and place include, among others, the settlement of Iceland, the relationship between Icelanders and Norwegian kings, and the Christianization of the Norse world as pagan beliefs receded. The saga, one of the longest and best-structured in the medieval Icelandic literary canon, is, in the words of Torfi Tulinius, a story ""of how people create an image of their past to give meaning to what is happening in their lives or of those that surround them."" In a close reading of the saga, Tulinius brings forth the complex relationship between structure and meaning in the saga, as well as hitherto unnoticed references to Scripture that suggest a Christian interpretation of the main protagonist's life. A careful analysis of Snorri Sturluson's life and times allows Torfi to propose a context for a fuller perception of Egils saga as a great work of art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Torfi H. Tulinius , Victoria CribbPublisher: Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections Imprint: Cornell University Library, Division of Rare & Manuscripts Collections Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780935995183ISBN 10: 0935995188 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 28 July 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPart 1: The Object Analyzed Chapter 1: The Skeleton Chapter 2: The Fabric of the Text Chapter 3: What Is Egils Saga? Part 2: The Artifact in Context Chapter 4: Saga and Society Chapter 5: The Saga in Context Chapter 6: Mirror Writing of the Unconscious Chapter 7: Finally: The Birth of a Genre Bibliography Texts and Translations Critical Studies Index of Personal NamesReviewsAuthor InformationTorfi H. Tulinius is Professor of Icelandic Medieval Studies at the University of Iceland. He is the author of The Matter of the North: The Rise of Literary Fiction in Thirteenth-Century Iceland. Victoria Cribb has translated several works of modern Icelandic literature, notably novels by Arnaldur Indridason, Sjon, and Gyrdir Eliasson. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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