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The poet in writing. Snorri Sturluson and Egil's saga. Author Torfi H. Tulinius.
Why was Egil's saga written and what significance did it have in the minds of readers in the 13th century? Who is Egil and how does the description of him reflect events in the life of Snorri Sturluson, the probable author of the saga? Here, Torfi H. Tulinius grapples with these and other similar questions and presents an unexpected solution to the mystery that is Egil's saga. An imaginative study of the structure and content of Egil's saga, informed by a new understanding of the nature of Icelandic culture in the Sturluson Age and its relationship to European medieval culture, leads the author into new paths. He is a professor of French and medieval literature at the University of Iceland and has published numerous works on the ancient sagas. This first book on the subject in Icelandic is not only significant for our understanding of Egil's saga but also of the Icelandic sagas as a literary genre. The poet in the writing is in the series Icelandic Culture, which is sponsored by the Reykjavík Academy and the Icelandic Literary Society (Books 2004).
Why was Egil's saga written and what significance did it have in the minds of readers in the 13th century? Who is Egil and how does the description of him reflect events in the life of Snorri Sturluson, the probable author of the saga? Here, Torfi H. Tulinius grapples with these and other similar questions and presents an unexpected solution to the mystery that is Egil's saga. An imaginative study of the structure and content of Egil's saga, informed by a new understanding of the nature of Icelandic culture in the Sturluson Age and its relationship to European medieval culture, leads the author into new paths. He is a professor of French and medieval literature at the University of Iceland and has published numerous works on the ancient sagas. This first book on the subject in Icelandic is not only significant for our understanding of Egil's saga but also of the Icelandic sagas as a literary genre. The poet in the writing is in the series Icelandic Culture, which is sponsored by the Reykjavík Academy and the Icelandic Literary Society (Books 2004).