The William Morris Collection – Volume 4: Icelandic Saga Translations($25.00Value)

Description

William Morris was a British writer and poet often regarded as one of the founders of modern fantasy literature. He crafted richly imagined, medieval-inspired worlds filled with quests, magic, and romance, shaping the genre’s tone and style and influencing later authors, especially J.R.R. Tolkien, with his immersive storytelling and archaic prose style. Volume 4 gathers William Morris and Eiríkr Magnússon’s translations of a dozen Icelandic sagas. These include The Story of Grettir the Strong ; Volsunga Saga from which Wagner’s opera Der Ring des Nibelungen is derived; Three Northern Love Stories and Other Tales , which includes The Story of Gunnlaug the Worm-Tongue and Raven the Skald , Frithiof the Bold , Viglund , and others. The Saga Library 1, which includes The Story of Howard the Halt , the Banded Men , and Hen Thorir. The Saga Library 2, which includes The Story of the Ere-Dwellers and Heath-Slayings . Contains: Twelve Icelandic Sagas