The Sagas of Icelanders: a selection. Preface by Jane Smiley; introduction by Robert Kellogg.

Ancient world 1151 The Sagas of Icelanders: a selection. Preface by Jane Smiley; introduction by Robert Kellogg.New York: Viking, 2000, lxvi, 782p, bib, glossary, index, illus., maps. Good to very good copy, no dust jacket. Some occasional underlining, pen or ink, mainly in two sagas. $10.00 Review: "In Iceland, the Age of the Vikings is also known as the Saga Age. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures - as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare.

"This new Viking edition of The Sagas of Icelanders, commemorating the thousandth anniversary of Leif Eiriksson's historic voyage, is drawn from the first English translation of the entire corpus of the Sagas, together with the forty-nine connected tales - a five-volume set published by Leifur Eiriksson Publishing, Iceland. Thirty translators were selected for this monumental project, including leading international scholars from seven countries."--Jacket.

"The sagas and tales in this book are reprinted from the Complete Sagas of Icelanders I-V, published 1997 by Leifur Eiríksson Publishing, Iceland, with minor alterations"--P. [lviii].

Contents: Egil's saga. (trans. Bernard Scudder) -- The saga of the people of Vatnsdal. (trans. Andrew Wawn) -- The saga of the people of Laxardal. (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- Bolli Bollason's tale. (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- The saga of Hrafnkel Frey's Godi. (trans. Terry Gunnell) -- The saga of the confederates. (trans. Ruth C. Ellison) -- Gisli Sursson's saga. (trans. Martin S. Regal) -- The saga of Gunnlaug serpent-tongue. (trans. Katrina C. Attwood) -- The saga of Ref the Sly. (trans. George Clark) -- The Vinland sagas. The saga of the Greenlanders. (trans. Keneva Kunz) ; Eirik the Red's saga. (trans. Keneva Kunz) -- The tale of Thorstein Staff-struck. (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of Halldor Snorrason II. (trans. Terry Gunnell) -- The tale of sarcastic Halli. (trans. George Clark) -- The tale of Thorstein Shiver. (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of Audun from the West Fjords. (trans. Anthony Maxwell) -- The tale of the story-wise Icelander. (trans. Anthony Maxwell).

Complete sagas of Icelanders, including 49 tales.