| Description |
1 online resource (279 pages) : genealogical tables |
| Contents |
Foreword / Terry Gunnell -- Introduction / Jeramy Dodds |
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Mythological poems -- Heroic poems -- Poems not in the Codex Regius |
| Summary |
Gods, giants, violence, the undead, theft, trolls, dwarves, aphorisms, unrequited love, Valkyries, heroes, kidnapping, dragons, the creation of the cosmos and a giant wolf are just some of the elements dwelling within these Norse poetic tales. Committed to velum anonymously in Iceland around 1270, they were flash frozen from much-older oral versions that had been circulating throughout Northern Europe for centuries. The Poetic Edda is an epoch-making cache of mythological and heroic tales that have compelled Wagner, Tolkien, Borges and Auden, among many others. It is one of the few extent sources that provide a periscope into the Viking Age consciousness. In this rousing line-by-line translation, award-winning poet Jeramy Dodds transmits the Old Icelandic text into English, placing it in the hands of poetry fans and academics alike, without chipping the patina of the original |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Poems |
| Subject |
Mythology, Norse -- Poetry -- Translations into English
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Mythology, Norse
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dodds, Jeramy, 1974-
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| ISBN |
9781552452967 |
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1552452964 |
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9781770563858 |
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1770563857 |
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