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Article: Islandische Marchensagas.(Review)
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- Scandinavian Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
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Jurg Glauser and Gert Kreutzer, eds. Islandische Marchensagas. Trans. Jurg Glauser, Gert Kreutzer, and Herbert Wackerlin. Saga: Helden, Ritter, Abenteuer. Saga: Bibliothek der altnordischen Literatur. Ed. Kurt Schier. Vol. 1. Munich: Diederichs, 1998. Pp. 483. DM 58,00 (EUR 29,65).
The two volumes under review here are part of the same Old Norse series but represent very different sectors of saga literature. Islandische Marchensagas contains six short, relatively unknown sagas, while Die Grettis Saga represents one of the longest and most popular Icelandic narratives of the Middle Ages. Known primarily as a publisher of Marchen and folk literature, Diederichs has ...