Saga Landscapes of Iceland
In the preface, they wrote: "We went out to see the very places where events so familiar in books occurred in reality; and we found that. . . [for] every touch of human interest in the sagas - pastoral, romantic or sublime - there was, as still remains, a landscape setting no less sweet, or str...
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| Published in: | Scandinavian review 2012-10, Vol.99 (3), p.27 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | In the preface, they wrote: "We went out to see the very places where events so familiar in books occurred in reality; and we found that. . . [for] every touch of human interest in the sagas - pastoral, romantic or sublime - there was, as still remains, a landscape setting no less sweet, or strange or stern." " Probably composed in the middle of the 1 3th century, the saga follows a series of feuds between Snafellsnes-based families and neighbors, painting a world of complex politics, romantic love, brutal violence and eerie hauntings. |
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| ISSN: | 0098-857X |