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Author Felce, Ian, author

Title William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas / Ian Felce
Published Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages)
Series Medievalism ; volume XIII
Medievalism (Series) ; v. 13.
Contents Introduction -- 'The lovers of Gudrun' and the crisis of the Grail quest -- The sagas of Icelanders and the transmutation of shame -- Grettir the Strong and the courage of incapacity -- Heimskringla, literalness and the power of craft -- Sigurd the Volsung and the fulfilment of the deedful measure -- The unnameable glory and the fictional world -- Conclusion
Summary An examination of how greatly the sagas and other literature of Iceland shaped the poems of William Morris
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Subject Morris, William, 1834-1896 -- Knowledge -- Sagas
SUBJECT Morris, William, 1834-1896. fast (OCoLC)fst00029046
Subject Sagas -- History and criticism
Sagas -- Influence
Heroes in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Sagas.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781787442269
1787442268