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a significant and important step in the research of masculinities in the sagas and Old Norse gender and society in general * Yoav Tirosh, Kyngervi * Evans writes very well indeed, and that clarity of style makes his monograph read like brilliantly delivered lectures that take the audience from sharply imagined probes of many important sagas of the Icelanders through reviews of pathbreaking studies of masculinity and gender in Old Norse literature. * Sarah M. Anderson, The Medieval Review * Evans is a bright new voice in Old Norse-Icelandic studies, where long-form nuanced and theorized literary analysis is sorely needed ... this monograph should inspire future generations of Old Norse scholars to capitalize on Evans' interventions, and anyone working in the area of medieval gender would also be advised to pay attention to his work. * David Clark, Associate Professor, University of Leicester *

"This book provides a thorough yet accessible study of the topic for both academics and the general public alike, and is itself a strong argument for making academic publications more accessible for general audiences. As the first book-length study of masculinities in the sagas of Icelanders (to the knowledge of the present reviewer) it is a much-needed contribution to the study of Old Norse literature, and one which will undoubtedly provide a significant framework for the study of Old Norse masculinities. * B.O.B. van Strijen, Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies * Men and Masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders is an important contribution to Old Norse literary studies and to the study of gender, men, and masculinities in the Middle Ages more broadly. It also provides an excellent example of how intersectionality can and should be adopted by scholars investigating medieval Icelandic culture and society. [...] Evans's book makes a thoroughly convincing case for adopting the concept of ""hegemonic masculinity"" to better understand how masculinities operate within the Íslendingas¨ogur. * Christopher Crocker, Speculum * a careful and nuanced study worthy of [its] ground-breaking status * Ármann Jakobsson, Saga-Book * Evans is a bright new voice in Old Norse-Icelandic studies, where long-form nuanced and theorized literary analysis is sorely needed ... this monograph should inspire future generations of Old Norse scholars to capitalize on Evans' interventions, and anyone working in the area of medieval gender would also be advised to pay attention to his work. * David Clark, Associate Professor, University of Leicester * Evans writes very well indeed, and that clarity of style makes his monograph read like brilliantly delivered lectures that take the audience from sharply imagined probes of many important sagas of the Icelanders through reviews of pathbreaking studies of masculinity and gender in Old Norse literature. * Sarah M. Anderson, The Medieval Review * a significant and important step in the research of masculinities in the sagas and Old Norse gender and society in general * Yoav Tirosh, Kyngervi *"

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Gareth Lloyd Evans is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and was previously Teaching Fellow in Old Norse in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. He was awarded his doctorate by the University of Oxford after having completed a BA in English Literature and an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies at Durham University.

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