The Master of Hestviken: The Wilderness (Volume III) Philosophy Lockerd is Professor of English

Lockerd is Professor of English at Grand Valley State University

Coventry Patmore

Under the deft touch of Giambrone’s translation

and strong mettle

there is nothing to prevent the dissolution of the old order into a new and terrifying totality

The Master of Hestviken: The Wilderness (Volume III) Philosophy Lockerd is Professor of EnglishBy Sigrid Undset Translated by Arthur G. Chater The Master of Hestviken tetralogy, set in thirteenth century Norway, is the story of Olav Audunsson, a man whose life is a chronicle of conflict: between the brutal facts of the fading pagan order and the ascendant light of Christianity, between violence and peace, fidelity and betrayal, transgression and redemption. The Wilderness follows Olav as he voyages from Hestviken to England, hoping for a