The Poetic Edda - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0292764995 ISBN 13 : 9780292764996

Editeur : University of Texas Press, 1962

Synopsis

The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.

Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Lee M. Hollander was Professor Emeritus of Germanic Languages at the University of Texas at Austin and an authority in Nordic language and literature. His translations of the best prose and poetry of the Old North-— among them Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway and The Saga of the Jom'svikings—have also appered under the imprint of the University of Texas Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Texas Press
• Date d'édition: 1962
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0292764995
• ISBN 13: 9780292764996
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 376
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• Personne responsable: non disponible