Descripción
Feud stands at the core of the Old Icelandic sagas. Jesse Byock shows how the dominant concern of medieval Icelandic society-the channeling of violence into accepted patterns of feud and the regulation of conflict-is reflected in the narrative of the family sagas and the Sturlunga saga compilation. This comprehensive study of narrative structure demonstrates that the sagas are complex expressions of medieval social thought.
Author: Jesse L. Byock
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/09/1993
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.41w x 0.76d
ISBN13: 9780520082595
ISBN10: 0520082591
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European | German
- Literary Criticism | European | Scandinavian
- History | Europe | Medieval
Author: Jesse L. Byock
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 03/09/1993
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.41w x 0.76d
ISBN13: 9780520082595
ISBN10: 0520082591
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | European | German
- Literary Criticism | European | Scandinavian
- History | Europe | Medieval
About the Author
Jesse Byock is Professor of Old Norse and Scandinavian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and author of Medieval Iceland (California, 1988) and translator of The Saga of the Volsungs (California, 1990).