Njáls Saga: A Critical Introduction |
Contents
THE PLOT AND ITS SOURCES | 23 |
THE LANGUAGE OF TRADITION | 42 |
THE CLERICAL MIND | 104 |
THE SOCIAL CONTEXT | 165 |
APPENDIX THE PROBLEM OF WRITTEN SOURCES | 215 |
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Common terms and phrases
Alexanders saga Allthing Andersson appears audience author of Njála battle Battle of Clontarf Brjáns saga Burning of Njáll chapter chieftainships Christian clerical mind Clontarf episode Conversion episode death Egill Egils saga eigi Einar Ólafur Sveinsson example fact family sagas Fifth Court Finnur Jónsson Flosi formula genealogies genre Gizurr Grágás Gunnarr Hallgerðr hamingja hero Hildigunnr Hlíðarendi Hoskuldr Hrútr Icelandic Íslendingabók Járnsíða Jón Kári Kersbergen killed King Kolbeinn Kolr Kolskeggr Kristni saga Landnáma Landnámabók later Laxdæla Laxdæla saga literary Logrétta Lönnroth maðr manuscripts medieval menn Morðr motifs narrator Njáll Njáls saga noble heathens Nordal Norway Norwegian Old Norse oral tradition Otkell pagan parallels presented references revenge Reykjavík role saga style sagawriters Saint Sigurður Skarpheðinn sons of Njáll stock characters stock scenes story structure Sturlung Sturlunga saga svá Sveinsson 1933 Svínfellings thirteenth century við viking Þangbrandr þat þeir Þorgeirr Þorkell Þorsteins saga Þráinn því