FURTHER READINGS ON THE THREE SAGAS IN OUR COURSE
Njáls saga
Cook, Robert. "Heroes and Heroism in 'Njáls saga'." In Greppaminni: rit til heiðurs Vésteini Ólasyni sjötugum. Reykjavík: Hið Íslenska Bókmenntafélag, 2009.
'Why is your axe bloody?': A Reading of Njals Saga by William Ian Miller
Note: Many more articles about Njáls saga can be found on The WikiSaga Database here.
Eyrbyggja saga
Scott, Forrest S. Eyrbyggja saga: The Vellum Tradition (Editiones Arnamagnæanæ, A/18.) Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 2003.
Ármann Jakobsson, “Two Wise Women and their Young Apprentice: A Miscarried Magic Class.” Arkiv för nordisk filologi 122 (2007), 43–57.
Lee M. Hollander. “The Structure of Eyrbyggja saga.” The Journal of English and Germanic Philology 58:2 (1959): 222-227.
Grettis saga
Hume, K. "The Thematic Design of Grettis saga." The Journal of English and Germanic Philology 73:4 (1974): 469-486.
Poole, Russell. "Myth, Psychology, and Society in Grettis saga." Alvíssmál 11 (2004): 3–16.
Cook, Robert. "The Reader in Grettis saga." Saga-Book of the Viking Society for Northern Research, University College London XXI (1982-1985): 133-154.
The Long Arm of Coincidence: The Frustrated Connection Between 'Beowulf' and 'Grettis saga' by Magnús Fjalldal
FURTHER READINGS ON SAGA LITERATURE AND STRUCTURE
The Cambridge Introduction to the Old Norse-Icelandic Saga by Margaret Clunies Ross
The Viking World by Neil Price and Stefan Brink
Old Norse-Icelandic Literature: A Critical Guide by Carol Clover and John Lindow
The Medieval Saga by Carol J. Clover
A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture by Rory McTurk
The Matter of the North: The Rise of Literary Fiction in Thirteeth-Century Iceland by Torfi Tulinius
The Growth of the Medieval Icelandic Sagas (1180-1280) by Theodore M. Andersson
The Medieval Icelandic Saga and Oral Tradition. A Discourse on Method By Gisli Sigurðsson (Translated by Nicholas Jone
FURTHER READINGS ON MEDIEVAL AUTHORSHIP
Modes of Authorship in the Middle Ages by Slavica Rankovic
Medieval Theory of Authorship: Scholastic Literary Attitudes in the Later Middle Ages by Alastair Minnis
FURTHER READINGS ON IMPORTANT FIGURES IN SAGA AUTHORSHIP AND CONSERVATION
Bagge, Sverre. “Snorri as a Political Historian” In Snorri Sturluson and the Roots of Nordic Literature: papers of the International Conference held at "St. Kliment Ohridski" University of Sofia (October 14-16, 2002), 2004.
FURTHER READINGS ON SOCIETY AND LAW IN NORSE-ICELAND
Viking Age Iceland by Jesse L. Byock
Medieval Iceland: Society, Sagas, and Power by Jesse L. Byock
Bloodtaking and Peacemaking: Feud, Law, and Society in Saga Iceland by William Ian Miller
Byock, Jesse. “The Icelandic Althing: Dawn of Parliamentary Democracy.” In Heritage and Identity: Shaping the Nations of the North, ed. J. M. Fladmark, pp 1-18. The Heyerdahl Institute and Robert Gordon University. Donhead St. Mary, Shaftesbury: Donhead, 2002.
Gunnar Karlsson, “Was Iceland the Galapagos of Germanic Political Culture?” In Gripla XX: Nordic Civilization in the Medieval World. Edited by Vésteinn Ólason (Reykjavik: Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í Íslenskum fræðum, 2009: 77-92.
Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, “The Changing Role of Friendship in Iceland, c. 900-1300.” In Friendship and Social Networks in Scandinavia, c. 1000-1800, eds. Jón Viðar Sigurðsson and Thomas Småberg. Turnhout, Belgium: Turnhout Brepols Publishers, 2013.
Language of Power: Feasting and Gift-Giving in Medieval Iceland and Its Sagas by Viðar Pálsson
Helgi Þorláksson, “Friends, Patrons and Clients in the Middle Ages” In Friendship and Social Networks in Scandinavia, c. 1000-1800, eds. Jón Viðar Sigurðssonand Thomas Småberg. Turnhout, Belgium: Turnhout Brepols Publishers, 2013.
Laws of Early Iceland, Grágás I: The Codex Regius of Grágás with Material from Other Manuscripts by Andrew Dennis, Peter Foote and Richard Perkins
Laws of Early Iceland, Grágás II: The Codex Regius of Grágás with Material from Other Manuscripts by Andrew Dennis, Peter Foote and Richard Perkins
FURTHER READINGS ON LANDSCAPE AND ARCHAEOLOGY
Kupiec, Patrycja and Karen Milek. “Roles and Perceptions of Shielings and the Mediation of Gender Identities in Viking and Medieval Iceland.” In Viking Worlds: Things, Spaces and Movement. Edited by Marianne Hem Eiriksen, Unn Pedersen, Bernt Rundberget, Irmelin Axelsen and Heidi Lund Berg. (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2014): p. 102-23.
FURTHER READINGS ON WOMEN IN THE SAGAS
Women in the Viking Age by Judith Jesch
Women in Old Norse Society by Jenny M. Jochens
Women in Old Norse Literature: Bodies Words and Power by Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir
Borovsky, Zoe. “‘En hone r blandin mjök’: Women and Insults in Old Norse Literature.” In The Cold Counsel: The Women in Old Norse Literature and Myth. Edited by Sarah M. Anderson and Karen Swenson. New York: Routledge, 2002.
Natalie M. Van Deusen, “Sworn Sisterhood? On the(Near-) Absence of Female Friendship from the Íslendingasǫgur” Scandinavian Studies 86: 1 (2014): 52-71.
Byock, Jesse L. “Defining Feud: Talking Points and Iceland´s Saga Women.” In Feud in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Jeppe B. Netterstrøm and Birte Poulsen. Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus University Press, 2007.
Clover, Carol J. “Regardless of sex.” Speculum 68 (1993): 363-387.
Callow, Chris. “Putting women in their place? Gender and landscape in Landnámabók.” Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 7 (2011): 7-28.
Clover, Carol J. “Hildigunnr´s Lament.” In Structure and Meaning in Old Norse Literature: New Approaches to Textual Analysis and Literary Criticism VC3. Edited by John Lindow et al. Odense: Odense University Press, 1986.
Ármann Jakobsson. "The Spectre of Old Age: Nasty Old Men in the Sagas of the Icelanders." The Journal of English and Germanic Philology 104:3 (2005): 297-325.
FURTHER READINGS ON OLD NORSE RELIGION
Old Norse Religion in Long-term Perspectives: Origins, Changes, and Interactions by Anders Andrén, Kristina Jennbert, and Catharina Raudvere
Shamanism in Norse Myth and Magic by Clive Tolley (2 volumes)
Witchcraft and Magic in the Nordic Middle Ages by Stephen A. Mitchell
Clunies Ross, Margaret. Prolonged Echoes: Old Norse Myths in Medieval Northern
Society, vol. 1: The Myths. (Odense: Odense University Press), 1994.
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions by Hilda R. Ellis Davidson
Davidson, Hilda R. Ellis. "Hostile Magic in the Icelandic Sagas." In The Witch Figure: Essays in Honour of Katharine M. Briggs. Edited by Venitia Newall. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1973.
Nordic Religions in the Viking Age by Thomas A. DuBois
Magic and Kingship in Medieval Iceland: The Construction of a Discourse of Political Resistance by Nicolas Meylan
Roles of the Northern Goddess by Hilda Ellis Davidson
Davidson, H. E. “Milk and the Northern Goddess.” In The Concept of the Goddess. Edited by Sandra Billington and Miranda Green. London: Routledge, 1996.
Myth and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia by E.O.G. Turville-Petre
FURTHER READINGS ON CHRISTIANITY AND THE CONVERSION IN NORSE-ICELAND
Christianization and the Rise of Christian Monarchy by Nora Berend
Jochens, Jenny. “Late and Peaceful: Iceland's Conversion through Arbitration in 1000." Speculum 74:3 (1999): 627-655.
Bagge, Sverre. "A Hero Between Paganism and Christianity: Hákon the Good in Memory and History." In Poetik und Gedächtnis : Festschrift für Heiko Uecker zum 65. Geburtstag: 185-210.
From Viking Stronghold to Christian Kingdom: State Formation in Norway, c. 900-1350 by Sverre Bagge
FURTHER READINGS ON THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE SAGAS
The Troll Inside You: Paranormal Activity in the Medieval North by Ármann Jakobsson
Thompson, Stith. Motif-Index of Folk-Literature: A Classification of Narrative Elements in Folktales, Ballads, Myths, Fables, Mediaeval Romances, Exempla, Fabliaux, Jest-Books, and Local Legends. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1955-1958.