William Ian Miller

'why Is Your Axe Bloody?': A Reading of Njals Saga

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A reader's guide and a companion to this complex and great saga, a classic of world literature, comparable to the greatest in any language. 'Why is your axe bloody?' provides what, in effect, is a graduated course in the saga.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-870484-3
EAN: 9780198704843
Produktnummer: 22667212
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 334 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.0 cm 703 g
Auflage: New
Gewicht: 703

Über den Autor

William Ian Miller is the Thomas G. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. He has written extensively on the bloodfeud, especially as it is manifested in saga Iceland. Previous works include Bloodtaking and Peacemaking (1990), Eye for an Eye (2006), Audun and the Polar Bear (2008). He has also written about emotions, mostly unpleasant ones involving self-assessment, and various vices and virtues. Thus his books: TheAnatomy of Disgust (1997), The Mystery of Courage (2000), Humiliation (1993), Faking It (2003), and most recently Losing It (2011) about the loss of mental acuity that comes with age, which includes a non-negligible share of saga matter and some from biblical Israel too. He is also Honorary Professor of History at the University of St.Andrews, and has been a Visiting Professor over the years at Yale, Harvard, Chicago, Bergen, and Tel Aviv.