Translating the Sagas - John Kennedy
Two Hundred Years of Challenge and Response
KORTE INHOUD
Translating the Sagas is een boek van John Kennedy. Deze editie wordt tweedehands aangeboden door 1 boekverkoper(s) uit Antwerpen. Voor meer info, bekijk de beschrijving van de beschikbare exemplaren verder op deze pagina.
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2007Uitgever: Brepols Publishers300 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503507727ISBN-13: 9782503507729Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Few speakers of English have ever been able to read the Icelandic sagas in the original language, and published saga translations have played a major role in shaping attitudes towards Viking Age Scandinavia and the great literary achievements of medieval Iceland in the English-speaking world. This book is the first publication to provide an extended examination of the history and development of Icelandic saga translations into English from their beginnings in the eighteenth century to today. It explores rea...
