Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities
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William Ian Miller presents a close reading of one of the best known of the Icelandic sagas, showing its moral, political, and psychological sophistication. Hrafnkel tells of a fairly simple feud in which a man rises, falls, and rises again with a vengeance, so to speak. The saga deals with complex issues with finely layered irony: who can one justifiably hit, when, and by what means? It does this with cool nuance, also taking on matters of torture...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0198793030
ISBN13:9780198793038
Release Date:March 2017
Publisher:Oxford University Press (UK)
Length:280 Pages
Weight:1.33 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 9.3"
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