{"id":2620,"date":"2016-08-19T00:12:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T00:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/jkh\/?page_id=2620"},"modified":"2017-09-02T19:01:20","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T19:01:20","slug":"egill-the-viking-poet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/jkh\/sogusagnir\/egill-the-viking-poet\/","title":{"rendered":"Egill, the Viking Poet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"egil-viking-poet\"<\/a>Egil, the Viking Poet.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>Edited by Laurence de Looze, J\u00f3n Karl Helgason, Russell Poole, and Torfi H. Tulinius.\u00a0Toronto Old Norse-Icelandic Series. Toronto:\u00a0University of Toronto Press, 2015.<\/p>\n

Egil, the Viking Poet<\/em> focuses on one of the best-known Icelandic sagas, that of the extraordinary hero Egil Skallagrimsson. Descended from a lineage of trolls, shape-shifters, and warriors, Egil\u2019s transformation from a precocious and murderous child into a raider, mercenary, litigant, landholder, and poet epitomizes the many facets of Viking legend.<\/p>\n

The contributors to this collection of essays approach Egil\u2019s story from a variety of perspectives, including psychology, philology, network theory, social history, and literary theory. Strikingly original, their essays will appeal not only to dedicated students of Old Norse-Icelandic literature but also to those working in the fields of Viking studies, comparative ethnology, and folklore.<\/p>\n