North, J;
(2021)
Iceland's Alexander: Gunnarr and Pale Corn in Njáls Saga.
In: Thomson, S, (ed.)
Medieval Stories and Storytelling: Multimedia and Multi-Temporal perspectives.
Brepols: Turnhout, Belgium.
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Abstract
It is only there for a moment, and then the epiphany is gone and with it his allusion to Alexanders saga, but by the end of the scene in which Gunnarr looks back at the pale corn of Hlíðarendi and chooses to die there, the author of Njáls saga has defined him as an Alexander on the brink of undying fame. Although Gunnarr wins his in the diametrically opposite way, this essay will argue that his scene deliberately borrows from Alexander’s, and that the author of Njáls saga alludes to Alexander’s story within Gunnarr’s for the purpose of anti-Icelandic satire
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Iceland's Alexander: Gunnarr and Pale Corn in Njáls Saga |
| ISBN: | 978-2-503-59050-9 |
| DOI: | 10.1484/M.MNT-EB.5.121608 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1484/M.MNT-EB.5.121608 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of English Lang and Literature |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10112137 |
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