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the disruptive outlaw within his equally dysfunctional family allow a focus
on the monstrous, and through that a more poignant exploration of the
dissolution of the most fundamental social bond than would be possible
in other contexts. thus, the outlaw sagas also betray the cultural concerns
of medieval Iceland and the anxieties that must have revolved around the
potential fracturing of the most fundamental social ties: that of the family.
reading the outlaw sagas through the social monsters they bear therefore
gives us an understanding of their cultural relevance for a society that in-
quired into family structures, ties and tensions, and the stabilising role that
social monsters played at the heart of society itself.
B I B L I O G R A P H Y
P R I M A R Y S O U R C E S
Eyrbyggja saga. Ed. by Einar Ól. Sveinsson and Matthías Þórðarson. Íslenzk forn-
rit. Vol. IV. reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1935.
Fóstbræðra saga. In Vestfirðinga sögur, ed. by Björn K. Þórólfsson and Guðni
Jónsson. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. VI. reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1943.
Gísla saga Súrssonar. In Vestfirðinga sögur, ed. by Björn K. Þórólfsson and Guðni
Jónsson. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. VI. reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1943.
‘Gísla saga Súrssonar.’ In Membrana Regia Deperdita, ed. by Agnete Loth. Edi-
tiones arnamagnæanæ Series a. Vol. 5. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1960,
3–80.
Grettis saga. Ed. by Guðni Jónsson. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. VII. reykjavík: Hið ís-
lenzka fornritafélag, 1936.
Harðar saga ok Hólmverja. Ed. by Þórhallur Vilmundarson and Bjarni Vilhjálmsson.
Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. XIII. reykjavík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1991.
Laxdœla saga. Ed. by Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. Íslensk fornrit. Vol. V. reykjavík:
Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1934.
Vatnsdæla saga. Ed. by Einar Ólafur Sveinsson. Íslenzk fornrit. Vol. VIII. reykja-
vík: Hið íslenzka fornritafélag, 1939.