| Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary 1,523,224,570 visitors served. |
Dictionary/ thesaurus | Medical dictionary | Legal dictionary | Financial dictionary | Acronyms | Idioms | Encyclopedia | Wikipedia encyclopedia | ? |
Icelanders' sagas |
0.04 sec. |
Icelanders' sagasor family sagasClass of heroic prose narratives written in the 13th century about the great families who lived in Iceland from 930 to 1030. They represent the zenith of classical Icelandic saga writing and are far in advance of any contemporary medieval literature in their realism, controlled style, character delineation, and overwhelming tragic dignity. Their artistic unity, length, and complexity suggest that they were written by individual authors rather than composed orally. Justice, not courage, is often the primary virtue, as in the greatest of the family sagas, Njáls saga. |
|
| ? Mentioned in | ? References in periodicals archive | |
|---|---|---|
| If you like deeply depressing family sagas awash with skeletons in cupboards, drunks, misfits, children screwed up by religion and sexual abuse, you'll enjoy The Gathering. Thoughtful readers who like slowly unfolding family sagas will want to read this latest work by Dessen. Lucamante convincingly suggests that Ramondino's lyrical writing style, her efficient use of language(s) and vernacular, as well as her family sagas, characters, and narrators recall those of Morante. |
| Encyclopedia |
| Free Tools: |
For surfers:
Browser extension |
Word of the Day |
Help
For webmasters: Free content | Linking | Lookup box | Double-click lookup | Partner with us |
|---|