Bredsdorff, Thomas.

Chaos and Love : The Philosophy of the Icelandic Family Sagas. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (158 pages)

FRONT COVER -- TITLE PAGE -- COLOPHONE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 - THE SECOND PATTERN -- Thorolf's Saga -- Egil Skallagrimsson's Saga -- Laxdæla Saga -- A Conflict Arises -- Conflicts Contained -- Irresolvable Conflict at Last -- The Pattern -- CHAPTER 2 - FORERUNNERS -- Kormak's Saga, Bjorn's Saga, Eyrbyggja Saga -- CHAPTER 3 - THE SECOND PATTERN: BETWEEN TWO SOCIETIES -- Gisli Sursson's Saga -- CHAPTER 4 - THE ICELANDIC MYTH -- Njal's Saga -- CHAPTER 5 - POST-CLASSICAL SAGAS -- Hrafnkel's Saga -- Grettir's Saga -- CHAPTER 6 - THE SECOND PATTERN AND THE TIME OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS -- The Times -- Histories and Two Historians -- The Conceptual Universe of the Icelandic Sagas -- Continuations -- CHAPTER 7 - BOOKS ON THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- POSTSCRIPT TO THE ENGLISH EDITION -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- BACK COVER.

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Sagas -- History and criticism.
Icelandic literature -- History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PT7183 -- .B7313 2001eb

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