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William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas /
The work of William Morris (1834-1896) was hugely influenced by the medieval sagas and poetry of Iceland; in particular, they inspired his long poems "The Lovers of Gudrun" and Sigurd the Volsung. Between 1868 and 1876, Morris not only translated several major sagas into English for the fi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2018.
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| Colección: | Medievalism ;
13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 'The Lovers of Gudrun' and the Crisis of the Grail Quest; 2 The Sagas of Icelanders and the Transmutation of Shame; 3 Grettir the Strong and the Courage of Incapacity; 4 Heimskringla, Literalness and the Power of Craft; 5 Sigurd the Volsung and the Fulfilment of the Deedful Measure; 6 The Unnameable Glory and the Fictional World; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.