Revisiting the Poetic Edda

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Revisiting the Poetic Edda

Revisiting the Poetic Edda

Name: Revisiting the Poetic Edda
ISBN: 9781136227875

Larrington, Carolyne, Acker, Paul

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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.

Година:

2013

Издателство:

Taylor and Francis

Език:

english

Страници:

295

ISBN 10:

1136227873

ISBN 13:

9781136227875