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Richard Allen
Fire and Iron [PDF ebook]
Critical Approaches to Njáls saga

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Written in Iceland by an unknown author about 1280, Njals saga has been called the greatest work of vernacular prose fiction from the European Middle Ages. Allen’s finely written and perceptive study is one of the first in English to offer a critical examination of the text.

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Richard F. Allen taught at the University of Oregon and the University of California and lives in Berkeley, California.

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Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 271 ● ISBN 9780822975908 ● Dateigröße 14.5 MB ● Verlag University of Pittsburgh Press ● Ort PIttsburgh ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2010 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 9148100 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM

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