Download or read book Skaldic Verse and the Poetics of Saga Narrative written by Heather O'Donoghue and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a detailed reading of a series of sophisticated medieval narratives, the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas. It shows how saga authors achieved a wide range of stylistic and psychological effects through the interplay of prose and verse.