The Home of the Eddic Poems (Classic Reprint): With Especial Reference to the Helgi-Lays - Couverture souple

Sophus Bugge

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331536766 ISBN 13 : 9781331536765

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the roots of Old Norse myth through the Helgi lays and their kin.

This scholarly edition compiles Sophus Bugge’s work with a new introduction on Norwegian-Icelandic myth and its connections to broader legendary material. It offers a careful translation and detailed notes that illuminate how early stories shaped later Old Norse poetry and related traditions. This volume surveys the Helgi-Lays in the context of other mythic and heroic traditions, traces their influence across medieval sources, and discusses how names, places, and episodes cross cultural boundaries. The result is a clarified view of how these poems fit within a wider web of Norse, British, Irish, and Saxon storytelling.

• Focus on the Helgi poems and their relation to earlier and later Old Norse works
• New introduction outlining Old Norse mythology and comparative influences
• Editorial notes on names, forms, and manuscript history for clearer reading
• Discussion of parallels with other epic traditions and mythic motifs

Ideal for readers of medieval myth, Norse literature, and literary history who want a rigorous, accessible introduction to these foundational poems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from The Home of the Eddic Poems: With Especial Reference to the Helgi-Lays

It was during the winter of 1896-1897, which I had the pleasure of spending in Christiania that Professor Bugge suggested my preparing an English edition of his Helge-Digtene i den Eldre Edda Deres Hjetn og Forbindelser which had appeared but a few months before. I accepted his suggestion readily; and, Mr. Alfred Nutt having expressed his willingness to publish the book because of his personal interest in the subject, I began to work on the translation at once, that I might have the benefit of the authors counsel in matters about which I was myself uncertain, or with regard to which changes might seem advisable. Such counsel was always freely given, and the translation advanced rapidly; so that before I left for Copenhagen in the spring a first draft of the book was finished, and had been examined by the author. Since then, this draft has been carefully revised; and, while the book has been in the press, three persons have each read the proof two or three times. It is hoped, therefore, that the number of misprints which may be discovered in the text will be inconsiderable.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331536766
• ISBN 13: 9781331536765
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 490
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