Overview
Byock sees the crucial element in the origin of the Icelandic sagas not as the introduction of writing or the impact of literary borrowings from the continent but the subject of the tales themselves - feud. This simple thesis is developed into a thorough examination of Icelandic society and feud, and of the narrative technique of recounting it.
- | Author: Jesse L. Byock
- | Publisher: University of California Press
- | Publication Date: March 09, 1993
- | Number of Pages: 293 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0520082591
- | ISBN-13: 9780520082595
