Eddas and Sagas

This book presents the history of Icelandic literature from the earliest times to the Reformation (cd. 1550). For Icelanders, as for many fastidious readers all over the world, the Icelandic sagas are still an accessible body of living literature.They were a high point in the literary achievement of the European Middle Ages and are regarded by many as Scandinavia's most important contribution to world literature.