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Scarfing the Yard with Words.

The article presents a critical analysis of the Old Norse literary work "Fóstbrœðra Saga." The author discusses a translation in the book series "The Complete Sagas of Icelanders," by Martin Regal, explores the Norse metrics of classical rhetoric, and analyzes why the text is poorly understood outsi...

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Published in:Scandinavian Studies Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 1 - 19
Main Author: Sayers, William
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: University of Wisconsin Press Spring2002
Subjects:
Old Norse literature
Sagas
Complete Saga of Icelanders, The (Book)
Literature translations
European literature
Iceland
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Summary:The article presents a critical analysis of the Old Norse literary work "Fóstbrœðra Saga." The author discusses a translation in the book series "The Complete Sagas of Icelanders," by Martin Regal, explores the Norse metrics of classical rhetoric, and analyzes why the text is poorly understood outside of Iceland.