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Hermann Pálsson
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LOCATION: Edinburgh EH7 5BZ, United Kingdom
Professor of Icelandic, University of Edinburgh. Author of Art and Ethics in Hrafnkel's Saga; translator of Hrafnkel's Saga and other Icelandic stories.
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Saga, in medieval Icelandic literature, any type of story or history in prose, irrespective of the kind or nature of the narrative or the purposes for which it was written. Used in this general sense, the term applies to a wide range of literary works, including those of hagiography (biographies of…
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