| William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas Contributor(s): Felce, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843845016 ISBN-13: 9781843845010 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Literary Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 821.8 |
| LCCN: 2018285857 |
| Series: Medievalism |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.88 lbs) 214 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The work of William Morris (1834-1896) was hugely influenced by the medieval sagas and poetry of Iceland; in particular, they inspired his long poems "The Lovers of Gudrun" and Sigurd the Volsung. Between 1868 and 1876, Morris not only translated several major sagas into English for the first time with his collaborator the Icelander Eiríkur Magnússon (1833-1913) but he also travelled on horseback twice across the Icelandic interior, journeys which led him through the best known of the saga sites. By looking closely at his translations of the sagas and the texts on which he based them, the journals of his travels in Iceland, and his saga-inspired long poems and lyric poetry, this book shows how Morris conceived a unique ideal of heroism through engaging with Icelandic literature. It shows the sagas and poetry of Iceland as crucial in shaping his view of the best life a man could live and spurring him on in the subsequent passions on which much of his legacy rests. Ian Felce gained his PhD from Cambridge University. |