The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
de Smiley, Jane (Editor)
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- ISBN 10
- 0141000031
- ISBN 13
- 9780141000039
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Eureka, California, United States
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Sobre este artículo
In Iceland, the age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's great literary treasures - as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled in Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured farther west to Greenland and, ultimately, North America. Sailing as far from the archetypal heroic adventure as the long ships did from home, the Sagas are written with psychological intensity, peopled by characters with depth, and explore perennial human issues like love, hate, fate and freedom.
Sinopsis
A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself. The 10 Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Eureka Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 356467
- Título
- The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
- Autor
- Smiley, Jane (Editor)
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0141000031
- ISBN 13
- 9780141000039
- Editorial
- Penguin Classics
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2001
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