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The Icelandic Family Saga

An Analytic Reading
  • Theodore M. Andersson
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 1967

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Theodore Andersson presents the first formal analysis of the Icelandic family sagas. Isolating the structural and larger rhetorical features which are peculiar to the genre and set it apart from other narrative forms, his study relates these features to the older Germanic heroic poetry and demonstrates the continuity between this literary tradition and the sagas. The second part of his book is devoted to synopses and outlines of twenty-four family sagas, with a commentary on each in which the author points out salient literary features and includes a separate relevant reading list.

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    Frontmatter

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    Preface

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    Contents

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  • PART I: Theory
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    Chapter One: The Structure of the Saga

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    Chapter Two: The Rhetoric of the Saga

    31
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    Chapter Three: The Heroic Legacy

    65
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  • PART II: Analysis
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    Guide to the Analysis

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    Egils saga

    97
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    Hoensa-pôris saga

    111
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    Gunnlaugs saga

    122
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    Bjarnar saga hîtdoelakappa

    132
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    Heiðarviga saga

    142
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    Eyrbyggja saga

    153
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    Laxdœla saga

    163
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    Gisla saga

    175
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    Fóstbrœðra saga

    186
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    Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings

    193
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    Grettis saga

    200
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    Bandamanna saga

    211
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    Vatnsdœla saga

    215
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    Hallfreðar saga

    223
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    Kormás saga

    229
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    Viga-Glúms saga

    237
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    Valla-Ljóts saga

    247
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    Ljósvetninga sag

    252
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    Reykdœla saga

    262
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    Þorsteins saga hvíta

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    Vápnfirðinga saga

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    Hrafnkels saga

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    Droplaugarsona saga

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    Njáls saga

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    CONCLUDING NOTE

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    A LIST OF FAMILY SAGAS IN TRANSLATION

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    NOTES

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    Backmatter

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Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature
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Sagas -- History and criticism; Sagas
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