Revisiting the Poetic Edda
Larrington, Carolyne, Acker, Paul
Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable shield-maiden; tragic Guðrún and her children; Attila the Hun (from a Norse perspective!); and greedy King Fróði, whose name lives on in Tolkien's Frodo. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the poems for students, taking a number of fresh, theoretically-sophisticated and productive ap.
Year:
2013
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Language:
english
Pages:
295
ISBN 10:
1136227873
ISBN 13:
9781136227875
File:
PDF, 2.62 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2013