Ethics or pragmatics; fate or chance; heathen, Christian, or godless world?(Hrafnkels saga)(Critical essay)

From: Scandinavian Studies | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: Sayers, William | Copyright information

NO ICELANDIC SAGA of comparable length has generated more critical comment than Hrafnkels saga. In a recent book, Theodore M. Andersson summarizes: 

 
   The central debate in the critical literature has been between 
   those who think that Hrafnkel is a defective chieftain who is 
   punished and reformed and those who think that he is a consummate 
   politician who has a setback but rallies to recover his losses. The 
   debate is in effect between those who construe the ...

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