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"""This well-written work expands understanding of Icelandic sagas in an accessible, entertaining, and thought-provoking way. . . . Phelpstead's insightful approach to the sagas' themes and complexities opens them up to the modern reader and the literary world.""--Choice ""Offers an expansive yet grounded introduction to the sagas and is a great academic resource for researchers and students.""--Forum for Modern Language Studies ""Refreshingly clear, engaging, and unpretentious. . . . Will aid and stimulate students of the sagas and others, providing many excellent starting points for discussion and further analysis.""--Scandinavian Studies"

“This well-written work expands understanding of Icelandic sagas in an accessible, entertaining, and thought-provoking way. . . . Phelpstead’s insightful approach to the sagas’ themes and complexities opens them up to the modern reader and the literary world.” - Choice “Offers an expansive yet grounded introduction to the sagas and is a great academic resource for researchers and students.” - Forum for Modern Language Studies “Refreshingly clear, engaging, and unpretentious. . . . Will aid and stimulate students of the sagas and others, providing many excellent starting points for discussion and further analysis.” - Scandinavian Studies

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Carl Phelpstead, professor of English literature at Cardiff University in Wales, is the author of Holy Vikings: Saints' Lives in the Old Icelandic Kings' Sagas.

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