Oedipus Borealis: The Aberrant Body in Old Icelandic Myth and Saga

By Lois Bragg

Oedipus borealis is a discussion of aberrance in the mythic and legendary hero as he appears in thirteenth-century Icelandic narratives, and in the quasihistorical figures in the saga literature who are modeled on him.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611472830
• ISBN13: 9781611472837
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
• Length: 302 Pages