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Edda (Everyman) Book

The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature.Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a poem of Snorri's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway as a result of political intrigue.The EDDA contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages. This is the only edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature.Read More

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    Edda : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780460876162 : 0460876163 : 23 Jan 2008 : The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature.

  • Product Description

    Over twenty years Snorri Sturlson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. He surveys the content, style and metres of Viking poetry, and provides the most complete catalog in existence of the mythology of pagan Scandinavia. This first complete and literal translation into English preserves his laconic and allusive style.

  • 0460876163
  • 9780460876162
  • 3 April 1995
  • Phoenix
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
  • New Ed
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