Bósa saga and Herráðurs # 74284
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2003
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Bósa saga and Herrauðs. Translated into modern costume by Árni Björnsson, ethnographer. Illustration by Audun Hetland.
Among the preserved Icelandic medieval literature, the story of the glaumgosan Bósi occupies a special place. This ancient saga is the only one in which a large part of the story is devoted to sexual descriptions and is characterized by the frankness, shamelessness and playfulness of the storyteller. The narrative is artfully composed, and the author's rapid and refreshing descriptions of events play no small part in the popularity that Bósi saga has enjoyed throughout the centuries. (Cover text).
Among the preserved Icelandic medieval literature, the story of the glaumgosan Bósi occupies a special place. This ancient saga is the only one in which a large part of the story is devoted to sexual descriptions and is characterized by the frankness, shamelessness and playfulness of the storyteller. The narrative is artfully composed, and the author's rapid and refreshing descriptions of events play no small part in the popularity that Bósi saga has enjoyed throughout the centuries. (Cover text).