The Icelandic Sagas

• Author(s): W. A. Craigie,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 134
• ISBN_10: 1107401720
  ISBN_13: 9781107401723
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / General , Literary Criticism / European / General , Literary Criticism / European / German , Literary Criticism / Medieval ,

Description:... Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. W. A. Craigie's book The Icelandic Sagas was first published in 1913. It offers a critical examination of the origins, characteristics and types of sagas, while also considering the circumstances that fostered such an outpouring of literature in Iceland during the Middle Ages.