Sagas of Icelanders : A Selection available on March 02 2024 from BiggerBooks for 17.41
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The Sagas of Icelanders: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) available on November 28 2015 from Amazon for 12.96
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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 ten 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.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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^Penguin Classics Deluxe: The Sagas of Icelanders (2001, Paperback, Deluxe)ISBN 9780141000039 (revised Jan 2016)
^Various (Author); Smiley, Jane (Editor); Kellogg, Robert (Introduction by) (2015). Sagas of Icelanders : A Selection, Penguin (Non-Classics). BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780141000039 (revised Mar 2024)
For the price offered ($16) this is an amazing bargain. For the cost of two Penguin translations (2 Sagas) you get 9 sagas and multiple tales. Speaking as a person that bought the hardback the paperback is not missing anything as far as I can tell by comparing tables of contents. However, earlier criticisms that it is missing some very classic sagas such as, _Njal's Saga_ though valid should not deter you from getting this book. I will conjecture th..
These sagas are selected from the excellent and rare five volume set "Complete Sagas of the Icelanders". The translations are clear and readable. A glossary is provided to explain terms unfamiliar to those new to the sagas. In addition there is considerable historical background material which gives the necessary context for understanding the sagas.If you enjoy the Old Icelandic sagas, this volume is a _must have_. If you aren't familiar with the Old ..