Paul's review
The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Anonymous, Jane Smiley (preface), Robert Kellogg (introduction)
Paul's review
The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Anonymous, Jane Smiley (preface), Robert Kellogg (introduction)
Paul's review
rating:
bookshelves:
classicliterature,
norseceltic
recommended for: any lover of classical literature
1. What inspired Tolkien's names.
2. That early Icelanders were a paradox: poet, pirate, farmers who besides exhibiting tremendous individualism and sense of freedom, developed sophisticated legal systems and literature.
Egil's Saga was perhaps the most impressive and the one I keep rereading.
2. That early Icelanders were a paradox: poet, pirate, farmers who besides exhibiting tremendous individualism and sense of freedom, developed sophisticated legal systems and literature.
Egil's Saga was perhaps the most impressive and the one I keep rereading.
