Icelandic Sagas (Craigie - paperback)

Author: W. A. Craigie

ISBN: 9781107401723

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Middle Ages

Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. W. A. Craigie's book The Icelandic Sagas was first published in 1913. It offers a critical examination of the origins, characteristics and types of sagas, while also considering the circumstances that fostered such an outpouring of literature in Iceland during the Middle Ages.