Nordic Sagas as Children's Literature: Victorian and Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures

by Velma Bourgeois Richmond

This book examines translations of Icelandic sagas and the Victorian and Edwardian children's literature they inspired, some of which are canonical while others are forgotten. It covers authors like William Morris, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Thomas Gray, Walter Scott, H. Rider Haggard, W.H. Auden, John Greenleef Whittier and more. In lavish volumes and modest schoolbooks, British and American writers claimed Nordic heritage and explored Nordic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476691630
• ISBN13: 9781476691633
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up