William Morris and the Icelandic Sagas

by Ian Felce

The work of William Morris (1834-1896) was hugely influenced by the medieval sagas and poetry of Iceland; in particular, they inspired his long poems "The Lovers of Gudrun" and Sigurd the Volsung. Between 1868 and 1876, Morris not only translated several major sagas into English for the first time with his collaborator the Icelander Eir kur Magn sson (1833-1913) but he also travelled on horseback twice across the Icelandic interior, journeys which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843845016
• ISBN13: 9781843845010
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"