Machine generated contents note: A preface on practical issues; Glossary of technical terms; 1. Medieval Iceland; 2. What is an Old Norse-Icelandic saga?; 3. The genesis of the Icelandic saga; 4. Saga chronology; 5. Saga subjects and settings; 6. Saga mode, style and point of view; 7. Saga structures; 8. The material record: how we know the sagas; 9. Changing understandings of the sagas; Guide to further reading; Index.
The Cambridge introduction to the old Norse-Icelandic saga by Margaret Clunies Ross. ISBN 9780521735209. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.