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001 2014932445
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005 20150116095217.0
008 140204s2014 enkb b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9780198704843 (hbk.)
020 $a0198704844 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn869726277
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050 00 $aPT7269.N5$bM55 2014
100 1 $aMiller, William Ian,$d1946-$eauthor.
245 10 $a'Why is your axe bloody?' :$ba reading of Njáls Saga /$cWilliam Ian Miller.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford, United Kingdom :$bOxford University Press,$c2014.
300 $axxiv, 334 pages :$bmaps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 8 $aNjals saga, the greatest of the sagas of the Icelanders, was written around 1280. It tells the story of a complex feud, that starts innocently enough in a tiff over seating arrangement at a local feast, and expands over the course of 20 years to engulf half the country, in which both sides are effectively exterminated, Njal and his family burned to death in their farmhouse, the other faction picked off over the entire course of the feud. Law and feud feature centrally in the saga, Njal, its hero, being the greatest lawyer of his generation. No reading of the saga can do it justice unless it takes its law, its feuding strategies, as well as the author's stunning manipulation and saga conventions. In 'Why is your axe bloody' W.I. Miller offers a lively, entertaining, and completely orignal personal reading of this lengthy saga.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index.
630 00 $aNjáls saga.
650 0 $aSagas$xHistory and criticism.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2014932445-t.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2014932445-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2014932445-d.html