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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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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 271 ● ISBN 9780822975908 ● Taille du fichier 14.5 MB ● Maison d’édition University of Pittsburgh Press ● Lieu PIttsburgh ● Pays US ● Publié 2010 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 9148100 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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