Ian Cumpstey

Lord Peter and Little Kerstin

Medieval Ballads from Sweden

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A collection of medieval Swedish narrative ballads in a new English verse translation. It was foreseen that Little Kerstin would drown on her wedding morning. Lord Peter sets sail, even though he was warned to avoid the sea. Sir Olof happens upon an elf-dance on the day before his wedding. Little Kerstin falls for the Mountain King and runs away with him to live in the high fells. The ballads in this book tell tales of love and death, kings and knights, and the supernatural spirits of the water and the woods. These lyrical songs were part of a tradition in Scandinavia that combined folk music and storytelling. These new translations make these medieval Swedish folk ballads accessible to an English-speaking audience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Northern Displayers, Skadi Press
• Seitenzahl: 60
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 92g
• ISBN-13: 9780957612006
• ISBN-10: 0957612001
• Artikelnr.: 59546869

Autorenporträt

Ian Cumpstey lived and worked in Sweden for around eight years. He has now returned to England, and lives in Cumbria. He is an associate member of the Swedish to English literary translators association. He has published three collections of translations of Scandinavian folk ballads: Lord Peter and Little Kerstin (2013), Warrior Lore (2014), and The Faraway North (2016); and also a translation from the Swedish of The Saga of Didrik of Bern (2017).