essay

Emotions and the sagas

from sagas to society : comparative approaches to early iceland • Enfield Lock, Middlesex, Uk • Published In 1992 • Pages: 89-109

By: Miller, William Ian.

Abstract
This article is an analysis of the expression (and repression) of emotion as they reflect specific personality types occurring in the Icelandic sagas. The author notes that issues of violence and emotion are closely intermeshed in the sagas which he illlustrates with a number of excerpts from such sagas as Brennu-Njáls, Laxdoela, Víga-Glúms, etc.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Drives and emotions
Verbal arts
culture
Early Icelanders
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Scandinavia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Judicial Personnel
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
ninth-thirteenth centuries
Coverage Place
general Iceland
Notes
William Ian Miller
For bibliographical references see document 10: [Gísli Pálsson]
LCCN
93150093
LCSH
Icelanders