Ebook: Revisiting the Poetic Edda
Author: Larrington Carolyne, Acker Paul
- Tags: Edda Sæmundar, Eddas -- History and criticism, Old Norse poetry -- History and criticism, Legends -- Scandinavia, Mythology Norse in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German, Eddas, Legends, Old Norse poetry, Scandinavia
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Taylor and Francis
- City: Hoboken, Scandinavia.
- Language: English
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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 Read more...