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This translation of the saga of the earls of Orkney was published in 1873. Joseph Anderson provides a lengthy introduction, discussing the geography of the islands, and using literary and archaeological material to put the work, which is written in Icelandic and dates from between 1170 and 1220, in context.
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Richard Stevenson was born in Victoria, B.C. in 1952 and has lived in Western Canada and Nigeria. A college English professor by profession, he has taught English, Canadian and African Literature, Creative writing and other courses in high schools and colleges. A former Editor-in-Chief of Prism International, his own reviews and poems have appeared in numerous magazines, anthologies and journals in Canada, U.S. and overseas. He lives in Lethbridge, Alberta.
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- PublisherMercat Press
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 184183002X
- ISBN 13 9781841830025
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages227
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