Erik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas (World's Classics S.) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0192505823 ISBN 13: 9780192505828

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1961

Synopsis

Eirik the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas. Selected, translated and introduced by Gwyn Jones. No. 582 in the World’s Classics Series, 318-page English language hardcover edition published by Oxford University Press in 1961.

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"With its account of the Norse discovery of North America and its fine translation of Hrolfs Saga (indispensable for any serious study of the mythic Beowulf), this text remains the single best saga intro. in print."--Stephen Glosecki, University of Alabama"I require my Beowulf students to read Hrolf Kraki's Saga, and GJ's translation in this book is both excellent . . . and readily available."--Marijane Osborn, University of California, Davis"Still the best single-volume collection of Viking tales in English."--James Massengale, University of California, Los Angeles"[Jones's] English has a yeasty Welshness in it that corresponds quite nicely to the idiomatic springiness of the original."--L. Michael Bell, University of Colorado "With its account of the Norse discovery of North America and its fine translation of Hrolfs Saga (indispensable for any serious study of the mythic Beowulf), this text remains the single best saga intro. in print."--Stephen Glosecki, University of Alabama "I require my Beowulf students to read Hrolf Kraki's Saga, and GJ's translation in this book is both excellent . . . and readily available."--Marijane Osborn, University of California, Davis "Still the best single-volume collection of Viking tales in English."--James Massengale, University of California, Los Angeles "[Jones's] English has a yeasty Welshness in it that corresponds quite nicely to the idiomatic springiness of the original."--L. Michael Bell, University of Colorado "With its account of the Norse discovery of North America and its fine translation of Hrolfs Saga (indispensable for any serious study of the mythic Beowulf), this text remains the single best saga intro. in print."--Stephen Glosecki, University of Alabama "I require my Beowulf students to read Hrolf Kraki's Saga, and GJ's translation in this book is both excellent . . . and readily available."--Marijane Osborn, University of California, Davis "Still the best single-volume collection of Viking tales in English."--James Massengale, University of California, Los Angeles "[Jones's] English has a yeasty Welshness in it that corresponds quite nicely to the idiomatic springiness of the original."--L. Michael Bell, University of Colorado "With its account of the Norse discovery of North America and its fine translation of Hrolfs Saga (indispensable for any serious study of the mythic Beowulf), this text remains the single best saga intro. in print."--Stephen Glosecki, University of Alabama"I require my Beowulf students to read Hrolf Kraki's Saga, and GJ's translation in this book is both excellent . . . and readily available."--Marijane Osborn, University of California, Davis"Still the best single-volume collection of Viking tales in English."--James Massengale, University of California, Los Angeles"[Jones's] English has a yeasty Welshness in it that corresponds quite nicely to the idiomatic springiness of the original."--L. Michael Bell, University of Colorado

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1961
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192505823
• ISBN 13: 9780192505828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 340
• Editor: Jones Gwyn