The Poetic Edda |
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| Author:
| Larrington, Carolyne |
| Series title: | World's Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-953838-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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The collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda contains the greater narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. Since the rediscovery of the Poetic Edda in the seventeenth century, its poetry has fascinated artists as diverse as Thomas Gray, Richard Wagner, and Jorge Luis Borges. This is the first complete translation to be published in Britain for fifty years, and it includesa scholarly...
More DescriptionThe collection of Norse-Icelandic mythological and heroic poetry known as the Poetic Edda contains the greater narratives of the creation of the world and the coming of Ragnarok, the Doom of the Gods. Since the rediscovery of the Poetic Edda in the seventeenth century, its poetry has fascinated artists as diverse as Thomas Gray, Richard Wagner, and Jorge Luis Borges. This is the first complete translation to be published in Britain for fifty years, and it includesa scholarly introduction, notes, a genealogy of the gods and giants, and an index of names.