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A Handbook to Eddic Poetry: Myths and Legends of Early Scandinavia

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Availability:In StockContributor:Carolyne Larrington (Editor), Judy Quinn (Editor), Brittany Schorn (Editor)Publish date:12/20/2018Pages:424
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316501290ISBN-10:1316501299UPC:9781316501290Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, PoetryBook Topic:GermanSize:8.91 x 6.07 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCT40N619Q

A Handbook to Eddic Poetry: Myths and Legends of Early Scandinavia

This is the first comprehensive and accessible survey in English of Old Norse eddic poetry: a remarkable body of literature rooted in the Viking Age, which is a critical source for the study of early Scandinavian myths, poetics, culture and society. Dramatically recreating the voices of the legendary past, eddic poems distil moments of high emotion as human heroes and supernatural beings alike...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9781316501290ISBN-10:1316501299UPC:9781316501290Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:European, PoetryBook Topic:GermanSize:8.91 x 6.07 x 0.75 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SCT40N619Q
Larrington, Carolyne: - Carolyne Larrington is Official Fellow and Tutor at St John's College, University of Oxford.Quinn, Judy: - Judy Quinn is Reader in Old Norse Literature in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.Schorn, Brittany: - Brittany Schorn is a Research Associate in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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