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The Poetic Edda
Engelsk Paperback
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Engelsk Paperback

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The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien.
Known as the "Lays of the Gods," these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world''s creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness.
The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9780486437101
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0486437108
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
27 aug 2004
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
134mm
Højde:
207mm
Forlag:
Dover Publications Inc.
Oplagsdato:
27 aug 2004
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