'Why is your axe bloody?' : A Reading of Njals Saga
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0198704844
ISBN-13
9780198704843
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 17th, 2014
Print length
360 Pages
Weight
698 grams
Dimensions
24.10 x 15.70 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Literature: history & criticismLiterary studies: classical, early & medievalLegal history
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A reader's guide and a companion to this complex and great saga, a classic of world literature, comparable to the greatest in any language. 'Why is your axe bloody?' provides what, in effect, is a graduated course in the saga.
Njáls saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal and his family burned to death in their farmhouse, the other faction picked off over the entire course of the feud. Law and feud feature centrally in the saga, Njál, its hero, being the greatest lawyer of his generation. No reading of the saga can do it justice unless it takes its law, its feuding strategies, as well as the author''s stunning manipulation and saga conventions. In ''Why is your axe bloody'' W.I. Miller offers a lively, entertaining, and completely original personal reading of this lengthy saga.
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