Poems of the Elder Edda

by Dunn, Charles W., (Charles William) Terry, Patricia

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Title Statements

Full title :Poems of the Elder Edda / translated by Patricia Terry ; with an introduction by Charles W. Dunn.

Summary

The great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the Poetic Edda. The poems originated in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, when they were compiled in a unique manuscript known as the Codex Regius.The poems are primarily lyrical rather than narrative. Terry's readable translation includes the magnificent cosmological poem Völuspá ("The Sibyl's Prophecy"), didactic poems concerned with mythology and the everyday conduct of life, and heroic poems, of which an important group is concerned with the story of Sigurd and Brynhild.Poems of the Elder Edda will appeal to students of Old Norse, Icelandic, and Medieval literature, as well as to general readers of poetry.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1990.
Edition:[Rev. ed.]

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1990.

Notes

Translation of: Edda Sæmundar.

The Physical Object

Description:xxvi, 268, [4] pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0812282353, 9780812282351, 0812282205, 9780812282207
oclc:ocm20799831
LC Classification:PT7234
Dewey Decimal:839/.61

Subjects

Eddas Eddas -- Translations into English epic literature epic poems Epic poetry Middle Ages Middle Ages -- Poetry Moyen Âge -- Poésie Old Norse poetry Old Norse poetry -- Translations into E… Poésie Poésie épique Poetry Translations Translations into English