Ian Felce

William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

An examination of how greatly the sagas and other literature of Iceland shaped the poems of William Morris.

The work of William Morris (1834-1896) was hugely influenced by the medieval sagas and poetry of Iceland; in particular, they inspired his long poems "The Lovers of Gudrun" and Sigurd the Volsung. Between 1868 and 1876, Morris not only translated several major sagas into English for the first time with his collaborator the Icelander Eiríkur Magnússon (1833-1913) but he also travelled on horseback twice across the Icelandic interior, journeys which led him through the best known of the saga sites.
By looking closely at his translations of the sagas and the texts on which he based them, the journals of his travels in Iceland, and his saga-inspired long poems and lyric poetry, this book shows how Morris conceived a unique ideal of heroism through engaging with Icelandic literature. It shows the sagas and poetry of Iceland as crucial in shaping his view of the best life a man could live and spurring him on in the subsequent passions on which much of his legacy rests.

IAN FELCE gained his PhD from Cambridge University.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787442269
• Artikelnr.: 56248327

Autorenporträt

Ian Felce

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 'The Lovers of Gudrun' and the Crisis of the Grail Quest The
Sagas of Icelanders and the Transmutation of Shame Grettir the Strong and
the Courage of Incapacity Heimskringla, Literalness and the Power of Craft
Sigurd the Volsung and the Fulfilment of the Deedful Measure The Unnameable
Glory and the Fictional World Conclusion Bibliography Index