1. The role of verses in Norse historical works -- 2. The community and the individual in Eyrbyggja Saga -- 3. Speech, silence, and subjectivity in Gísla Saga -- 4. Grettis Saga and the fictionalization of biography -- Epilogue. Hrafnkels Saga and the hero without verse
Summary
This work provides a detailed reading of a series of sophisticated medieval narratives, the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas. It shows how saga authors achieved a wide range of stylistic and psychological effects through the interplay of prose and verse
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-249) and index
