Word: sagas
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...central figures of the Saga are Njal and Gunnar, and the chief actions take place at or near their farmsteads situated within a few hours' ride of each other. Hrut and Hauskuld are brothers. Hauskuld's daughter, Hallgertha, "she with the thief's eyes" causes much of the trouble that follows. Hrut at his brother's suggestion marries Unna, daughter of Mord, a famous lawyer, but Hrut's mother lays a spell on him that thwarts his marital happiness...
...time the work of vengrance goes on. Finally Kari the avenger of Skarphethin, and his enemy Flosi are reconciled. Flosi sails to Norway in a ship not seaworthy, and was never heard of afterward. So closes the Saga...
...Njala is generally esteemed the most perfect of Icelandic Saga. As a work of art, however, Professor Smith thinks it is inferior to the Eigla. The Njal is not like the Eigla, a single picture. In it we meet with a multitude of personages all thoroughly individualized, and the phases of Icelandic life are described with sympathy and richness of detail...
Harvard 1 was filled last night on the occasion of the third of the lectures by Professor Charles Sprague Smith, on Icelandic Saga. The special topic of the lecture was "The life of a viking and poet, Egili Saga...
Icelandic Saga. Family life in Iceland. Njal's Saga. Illustrated Lecture. Professor Charles Sprague Smith. Harvard...