Old Icelandic Literature and Society
Clunies Ross, Margaret / Minnis, Alastair / Ross, Margaret Clunies![Old Icelandic Literature and Society](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/386/3866975/CHSBZCOP033866975.jpg)
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of Old Icelandic literature within its social context. Leading experts examine the ways in which Iceland's unique social experiment, a kingless society without an established authority structure, inspired a wealth of writing including a new literary genre - the saga.