| Edda Original Edition Contributor(s): Sturluson, Snorri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0460876163 ISBN-13: 9780460876162 Publisher: Everyman Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1995 Annotation: The Everyman Paperback Classics series offers the latest scholarship on the works of the world's greatest poets, writers and philosophers. Each edition includes a comprehensive introduction, chronology, notes, appendix, critical responses, and a text summary. Presented in an affordable edition with wide format pages for generous margins for notes. Contact your sales rep or call Tuttle for a complete list of available titles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Ancient & Classical - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Literary Collections | European - Scandinavian |
| Dewey: 839.61 |
| Series: Everyman S |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.60 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where heroes sink down... Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, honoring the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway, as a result of political intrigue. The Edda contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that have survived from the Middle Ages as well as the famous stories of Odin winning back the mead of poetic inspiration and Thor fishing for the Midgard serpent. |