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"Throughout Heroic Sagas and Ballads, the reader is well served by both Mitchell's balanced synthesis of past scholarship and his commentary and insights. His bibliography is invaluable."-Scandinavian Studies "Stephen A. Mitchell has written a well informed and informative book... Read Full Overview

In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages... Read Full Overview