The Physical Expression of Emotional Suffering in Hávarðar saga Ísfirðings: Uncovering Pain in the Íslendingasögur.

With an increasing interest in the history of emotions, the experience of painful feelings is being investigated more thoroughly in a wide variety of medieval sources. The Íslendingasögur focus primarily on elite men, for and by whom open expressions of emotional suffering are usually considered sha...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Studies Vol. 97; no. 2; pp. 24 - 45
Main Author:	Ebbs, Eira Kathleen
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press 2025
Subjects:	Icelandic literature Psychological distress Self-expression Bereavement Emotions Social influence History of Iceland
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