num_pages: 254
description: Written in Iceland by an unknown author about 1280, Njáls saga has been called the greatest work of vernacular prose fiction from the European Middle Ages. Allen's finely written and perceptive study is one of the first in English to offer a critical examination of the text.
language: English
title: Fire and Iron - Critical Approaches to Njals Saga
titlecomplete: Fire and Iron - Critical Approaches to Njals Saga
ratings_count: 3
publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press