Focuses on the representation of masculinities in the Sagas of Icelanders and comprehensively interrogates the construction, operation, and problematization of masculinities in this genre.

• Preface


• Introduction


• 1: Modelling Saga Masculinities


• 2: Homosocial Masculinities


• 3: Intersectional Masculinities


• 4: The Limits of Socially Acceptable Masculinity


• Conclusion


• Works Cited

Gareth Lloyd Evans is Lecturer in Medieval Literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford, and was previously Teaching Fellow in Old Norse in the Department of English Studies at Durham University. He was awarded his doctorate by the University of Oxford after having completed a BA in English Literature and an MA in Medieval and Renaissance Literary Studies at Durham University.