Inside Outlawry in Grettis saga Ásmundarsonar and Gísla saga Sússonar.

The article presents criticism of "Grettis saga Ásmunsarsonar" and Gísla saga Súrssonar," two medieval Icelandic oral and written folktales known as the outlaw sagas. The use of landscape in each of the two sagas is considered, particularly as descriptions of landscapes are used to indicate the prot...

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Published in:	Scandinavian Studies Vol. 82; no. 4; pp. 365 - 389
Main Author:	Barraclough, Eleanor Rosamund
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Wisconsin Press Winter2010
Subjects:	Icelandic folk literature Icelandic mythology Literary criticism Folk literature Old Norse literature Sagas Themes in literature
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