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" The saga of Grettir the Strong / "
translated by Bernard Scudder ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Örnólfur Thorsson.
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BL
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982570
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b736940
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| Uniform Title
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Grettis saga.English.
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| Title & Author
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The saga of Grettir the Strong /\ translated by Bernard Scudder ; edited, with an introduction and notes, by Örnólfur Thorsson.
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| Publication Statement
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London, England ;New York, N.Y. :: Penguin,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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Penguin classics
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xlv, 267 pages :: maps ;; 20 cm.
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| ISBN
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0140447733
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: 9780140447736
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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxix-xlii) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- A note on the translation -- The saga of Grettir the Strong -- Notes -- The structure of The saga of Grettir the Strong -- Plot summary -- Family trees: Onund Tree-leg, Thorgrim Grey-head, and Asmund and Asdis -- Social, political, and legal structure -- Glossary -- Maps.
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"Composed at the end of the fourteenth century by an unknown author, The Saga of Grettir the Strong is one of the last great Icelandic sagas. It relates the tale of Grettir, an eleventh-century warrior struggling to hold on to the values of a heroic age as they are eclipsed by Christianity and a more pastoral lifestyle. Unable to settle into a community of farmers, Grettir becomes the aggressive scourge of both honest men and evil monsters--until, following a battle with the sinister ghost Glam, he is cursed to endure a life of tortured loneliness away from civilization, fighting giants, trolls, and berserks. A mesmerizing combination of pagan ideals and Christian faith, this is a profoundly moving conclusion to the Golden Age of saga writing."--Back cover.
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Grettir Ásmundarson,996-1031
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Grettir Ásmundarson,996-1031
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Grettir Ásmundarson
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Grettir Ásmundarson,996-1031
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Sagas, Translations into English.
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Sagas.
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Sagas.
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| Dewey Classification
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839.63
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PT7269.G7E54 2005
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Örnólfur Thorsson.
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Scudder, Bernard,1954-2007.
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