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Broschiertes Buch

The Elder Edda

A Book of Viking Lore

Herausgeber: Orchard, Andy / Übersetzer: Orchard, Andy

Beschreibung

Collects poems that: are compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, are based on sources dating back centuries earlier, and tell of gods and mortals from an ancient era - the giant-slaying Thor, the doomed Volsung family, the Hel-ride of Brynhild and the cruelty of Atli the Hun.

Autor

ANDY ORCHARD is Professor of English and Medieval Studies in the University of Toronto, and since 2007 Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College. He is the author of The Poetic Art of Aldhelm (1994), Pride and Prodigies: Studies in the Monsters of the 'Beowulf'-Manuscript (2nd edition 2003), The Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend (3rd edition 2002), and A Critical Companion to 'Beowulf' (2nd edition 2005), as well as editor and co-editor of several collections, scholarly journals and academic series.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 131mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9780140435856
• ISBN-10: 0140435859
• Artikelnr.: 28511135