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  • Egil's Saga

    de Leifur Eiriksson ...
    Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from ... Leer más

    $10.69 USD

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  • Gisli Sursson's Saga and the Saga of the People of Eyri

    de Penguin Books Ltd ...
    These sagas recount fierce feuds in which honour is fought for, sacrifice is demanded, and blood is shed. The fate of the characters at the centre of each saga, however, is very different. Gisli is a traditional Viking-age hero who is determined to exact revenge at any cost and whose death is tragic when it comes. In contrast his nephew, Snorri, represents a new generation and acts to strengthen ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • The Sagas of the Icelanders

    de Jane Smiley ...
    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 ... Leer más

    $16.59 USD

  • Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Icelandic Stories

    de Penguin Books Ltd ...
    Written around the thirteenth century AD by Icelandic monks, the seven tales collected here offer a combination of pagan elements tightly woven into the pattern of Christian ethics. They take as their subjects figures who are heroic, but do not fit into the mould of traditional heroes. Some stories concern characters in Iceland - among them Hrafknel's Saga, in which a poor man's son is murdered by ... Leer más

    $12.59 USD

  • Norse Mythology: All about Vikings

    Norse Mythology for Kids

    de Baby Professor ...
    Series series Children's Norse Folk Tales
    How much do you know about Vikings, other than them being a really brave people? Add more facts to your knowledge of them by going over this wonderfully graphic educational book. Composed of images in vibrant colors, this book will make learning a much more personalized experience. The use of pictures is admirable because these are universal languages that facilitate effective learning strategies. ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • Eyrbyggja Saga

    de Hermann Palsson ...
    Traducido por Hermann Palsson, Paul Edwards ...
    An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society. ... Leer más

    $14.29 USD

  • The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature

    Enriched edition. Exploring the Norse Influence on English Literature

    de Conrad Hjalmar Nordby, Quentin Walton ...
    In "The Influence of Old Norse Literature on English Literature," Conrad Hjalmar Nordby delves into the intricate web of literary connections that trace the impact of Old Norse narratives on the development of English literary traditions. Employing a comparative literary approach, Nordby examines thematic parallels, narrative structures, and stylistic influences that emerged during the medieval ... Leer más

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  • Haunted Greece and Rome

    Ghost Stories from Classical Antiquity

    de Debbie Felton ...
    Stories of ghostly spirits who return to this world to warn of danger, to prophesy, to take revenge, to request proper burial, or to comfort the living fascinated people in ancient times just as they do today. In this innovative, interdisciplinary study, the author combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed new light on the ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • The Philosophy of Antiochus

    Edición de David Sedley ...
    Antiochus of Ascalon was one of the seminal philosophers of the first century BC, an era of radical philosophical change. Some called him a virtual Stoic, but in reality his programme was an updated revival of the philosophy of the 'ancients', meaning above all Plato and Aristotle. His significance lies partly in his enormous influence on Roman intellectuals of the age, including Cicero, Brutus ... Leer más

    $43.99 USD

  • Aristotle's Politics

    A Critical Guide

    Edición de Thornton Lockwood, Thanassis Samaras ...
    Series series Cambridge Critical Guides
    Arguably the foundational text of Western political theory, Aristotle's Politics has become one of the most widely and carefully studied works in ethical and political philosophy. This volume of essays offers fresh interpretations of Aristotle's key work and opens new paths for students and scholars to explore. The contributors embrace a variety of methodological approaches that range across the ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'

    A Reader's Guide

    de Dr Genevieve Liveley ...
    Series series Reader's Guides
    Perhaps no other classical text has proved its versatility so much as Ovid's epic poem. A staple of undergraduate courses in Classical Studies, Latin, English and Comparative Literature, Metamorphoses is arguably one of the most important, canonical Latin texts and certainly among the most widely read and studied.Ovid's 'Metamorphoses': A Reader's Guide is the ideal companion to this epic ... Leer más

    $29.99 USD

  • The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas

    Edición de Ármann Jakobsson, Sverrir Jakobsson ...
    The last fifty years have seen a significant change in the focus of saga studies, from a preoccupation with origins and development to a renewed interest in other topics, such as the nature of the sagas and their value as sources to medieval ideologies and mentalities.The Routledge Research Companion to the Medieval Icelandic Sagas presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of saga ... Leer más

    $64.99 USD