LAXDOELA SAGA, THE.

Author: Arent, A. Margaret
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1964
No. of pages: 210
Illustrations:
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 7”x 10”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4044

Price: $29.50

One of the most famous Icelandic sagas, the Laxdoela saga typifies a special genre of 13th century Icelandic narrative prose, the Sagas of the Icelanders. These family histories of Norwegian émigrés of the late 9th and early 10th centuries offer insights into the cultures which fostered them, but the stories themselves are the primary appeal. Themes of fate, vengeance, and morality recur throughout these sagas, also making them an engaging and stimulating reading experience.