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Chaos & love : the philosophy of the Icelandic family sagas / Thomas Bredsdorff ; translated from Danish by John Tucker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bredsdorff, Thomas.
- Standardized Title:
- Kaos og kærligheid. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sagas--History and criticism.
- Sagas.
- Icelandic literature--History and criticism.
- Icelandic literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (156 p.)
- Other Title:
- Chaos and love
- Place of Publication:
- Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bredsdorff (Scandinavian literature, U. of Copenhagen) analyzes the Icelandic family sagas as literature. He argues that the significant recurring pattern of events in the sagas is one of clashes brought about by the intersection of the code of honor and bloodfeud with people's sexual drives; he says, "The two combined set the catastrophe in motion." The volume is not indexed. Distributed in the U.S. by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
- Contents:
- ""FRONT COVER ""; ""TITLE PAGE ""; ""COLOPHONE ""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1 - THE SECOND PATTERN""; ""Thorolf's Saga""; ""Egil Skallagrimsson's Saga""; ""Laxdæla Saga""; ""A Conflict Arises""; ""Conflicts Contained""; ""Irresolvable Conflict at Last""; ""The Pattern""; ""CHAPTER 2 - FORERUNNERS""; ""Kormak's Saga, Bjorn's Saga, Eyrbyggja Saga""; ""CHAPTER 3 - THE SECOND PATTERN: BETWEEN TWO SOCIETIES""; ""Gisli Sursson's Saga""; ""CHAPTER 4 - THE ICELANDIC MYTH""; ""Njal's Saga""; ""CHAPTER 5 - POST-CLASSICAL SAGAS""; ""Hrafnkel's Saga""; ""Grettir's Saga""
- ""CHAPTER 6 - THE SECOND PATTERN AND THE TIME OF THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS""""The Times""; ""Histories and Two Historians""; ""The Conceptual Universe of the Icelandic Sagas""; ""Continuations""; ""CHAPTER 7 - BOOKS ON THE SAGAS OF ICELANDERS""; ""SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""POSTSCRIPT TO THE ENGLISH EDITION""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""BACK COVER ""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148).
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 87-635-0819-2
- OCLC:
- 606602489
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