| The Poetic Edda: The Mythological Poems Contributor(s): Bellows, Henry Adams (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0486437108 ISBN-13: 9780486437101 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: The vibrant Old Norse poems in this 13th-century collection recapture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. These mythological poems include the "Voluspo," one of the broadest literary conceptions of the world's creation and ultimate destruction; the "Lokasenna," a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 839.61 |
| LCCN: 2004047807 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 8.2" (0.75 lbs) 251 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |