Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga' by de Looze, Laurence

Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga' (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442649699)

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Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga' by de Looze, Laurence

Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'

$74.00
Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga' by de Looze, Laurence

Egil, the Viking Poet: New Approaches to 'Egil's Saga'

$74.00
Format: Hardcover
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Egil, the Viking Poet focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil's transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend.

The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil's story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory. Strikingly original, their essays will appeal not only to dedicated students of Old Norse-Icelandic literature but also to those working in the fields of Viking studies, comparative ethnology, and folklore.



Author: Laurence de Looze
ISBN-10: 1442649690
ISBN-13: 9781442649699
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Language: English
Published: 11/23/2015
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2016
By Laurence de Looze
By Laurence de Looze
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Laurence de Looze is a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Western Ontario.
Jón Karl Helgason is a professor in the Department of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland. Russell Poole is a professor emeritus of the Department of English at the University of Western Ontario and the managing editor of the journal Viking and Medieval Scandinavia. Torfi H. Tulinius is a professor in the Department of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland.

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