The Elder Edda
A Book of Viking Lore
$26.09
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2011
Summary
A new translation of one of the literary wonders of the medieval world and the greatest source of knowledge of Viking lore in existence.
Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tell of gods and mortals from an ancient era: the giant-slaying Thor, the doomed Völsung family, the Hel-ride of Brynhild and the cruelty of Atli the Hun.
Eclectic, incomplete and fragmented, these vers…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140435856 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140435859 |
| Author: | Andy Orchard |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 127mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Andy Orchard
ANDY ORCHARD is Professor of English and Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, and since 2007 Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College. He is the author of:
- The Poetic Art of Aldhelm (1994)
- Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the ‘Beowulf’-Manuscript (2nd edition 2003)
- The Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (3rd edition 2002)
- A Critical Companion to ‘Beowulf’ (2nd edition 2005)
He has also edited and co-edited several collections, scholarly journals, and academic series.
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