
Poetic Edda
by Henry Adams Bellows
Title:
Poetic Edda
Author:
Henry Adams Bellows
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
288 pages
Publisher:
Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN-13:
9780486437101
EAN:
9780486437101
Publication Date:
27/08/2004
Classifications:
Poetry
Weight (g):
472
Dimensions (mm):
207 x 134 x 14
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The vibrant Old Norse poems in this collection, which may have been brought together as early as the thirteenth century, authentically capture the ancient oral traditions of the Norsemen. In addition, their images of a mythical world profoundly influenced latter-day storytellers as Richard Wagner and J. R. R. Tolkien.Known as the "Lays of the Gods," these mythological poems include the Voluspo, one of the broadest conceptions of the world''s creation and ultimate destruction ever crystallized in literary form; the Hovamol, a compilation of sagacious counsels reminiscent of the biblical book of Proverbs; the Lokasenna, a comedy bursting with vivid characterizations; and the Thrymskvitha, a ballad of enduring loveliness.The Poetic Edda is not only of the highest interest to students of antiquity; in the exceptionally detailed and complete translations included here, it offers lovers of poetry and myth some of the most remarkable surviving specimens from a distant age of poet-singers and oral traditions.










