Snorri Sturluson

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The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson: Tales from Norse MythologyPaperback, 19 June 2012

The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson: Tales from Norse Mythology
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Print Length
134 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
19 Jun 2012
ISBN-10
0520273052
ISBN-13
9780520273054

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Prose Edda is a work without predecessor or parallel. It was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages. It is an exposition of the rule of poetic diction with many examples, applications, and retellings of myths and legends.

Snorri Sturluson feared that the traditional techniques of Norse poetics, the pagan kennings, and the allusions to mythology would be forgotten with the introduction of new verse forms from Europe.

The present selection includes the whole of Gylfaginning (The deluding of Gylfi)--a guide to mythology that forms one of the great storybooks of the Middle Ages--and the longer heroic tales and legends of Skáldskaparmál (Poetic diction). Snorri Sturluson was a master storyteller, and this translation in modern idiom of the inimitable tales of the gods and heroes of the Scandinavian peoples brings them to life again.

Product Details

Author:
Snorri Sturluson
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
19 June 2012
Dimensions:
20.32 x 13.72 x 1.02 cm
ISBN-10:
0520273052
ISBN-13:
9780520273054
Language:
English
Pages:
134
Weight:
158.76 gm

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