The Prose Edda
Norse Mythology
$22.40
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2005
Summary
First time in Penguin Classics for Scandinavia’s best known work of literature and the principal source for knowledge about Norse mythology
The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447552 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0140447555 |
| Author: | Jesse Byock, Snorri Sturluson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2005 |
| Weight: | 173g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 13mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Jesse Byock
Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241) was born in western Iceland, the son of an upstart Icelandic chieftain. In the early thirteenth century, Snorri rose to become Iceland’s richest and, for a time, its most powerful leader. Twice he was elected law-speaker at the Althing, Iceland’s national assembly, and twice he went abroad to visit Norwegian royalty. An ambitious and sometimes ruthless leader, Snorri was also a man of learning, with deep interests in the myth, poetry and history of the Viking Age. He has long been assumed to be the author of some of medieval Iceland’s greatest works, including the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, the latter a saga history of the kings of Norway.
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