Three Icelandic Sagas: Gunnlaugs Saga Ormstungu; Bandamanna Saga; Droplaugarsona Saga (The Saga of Gunnlaug; The Saga of the Eight Confederates; The Saga of Droplaug's Sons)

Scargill, M.H. & Schlauch, Margaret (trans) (jacket art & illustrated by H.G. Glyde)

Published by Princeton University Press 1950 First Edition 8vo 150pp, 1950

About this Item

VG+ original cloth, former owner's name in ink to ffep, colour frontis illustration, in VG+ DW, protected in Brodart sleeve. Jacket art by H.G. Glyde. These three sagas from the late 10th and early 11th centuries in Iceland picture a seafaring people in a frontier land. The Saga of Gunnlaug (Gunnlaugs saga ormstungu) belongs to a group of stories about the Icelandic settlers in Borgarfjord. It is a well-knit tale of the tragic love of Gunnlaug for Helga, "the loveliest woman there has ever been in Iceland," and of the rivalry between two warrior-poets, Hrafn and Gunnlaug. A lawsuit of eight Icelandic leaders against Odd, son of Ofeig, forms the theme of The Saga of the Eight Confederates (Bandamanna saga). The saga centres on the relationships between people in a tense situation of intrigue, bribery, deceit, and shrewdness. The Saga of Droplaug's Sons (Droplaugarsona saga), a shorter saga about a family feud, is renowned for two scenes of unusual dramatic skill - a fierce combat played out to the death in a solitary wintry spot and a stealthy entry into a quiet house.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Three Icelandic Sagas: Gunnlaugs Saga Ormstungu; Bandamanna Saga; Droplaugarsona Saga (The Saga of Gunnlaug; The Saga of the Eight Confederates; The Saga of Droplaug's Sons)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press 1950 First Edition 8vo 150pp
• Publication Date: 1950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Icelandic Sagas