The Poetic Edda - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carolyne LarringtonSeries:Oxford World's Classics Hardback CollectionPublish date:2019-07-01Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198834571ISBN-10:198834578UPC:9780198834571Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Medieval, EuropeanBook Topic:GermanSize:8.60 x 5.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCV2JHN868
The Poetic Edda
"She sees, coming up a second time,
earth from the ocean, eternally green;
the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,
over the mountain hunting fish." After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its...
earth from the ocean, eternally green;
the waterfalls plunge, an eagle soars above them,
over the mountain hunting fish." After the terrible conflagration of Ragnarok, the earth rises serenely again from the ocean, and life is renewed. The Poetic Edda begins with The Seeress's Prophecy which recounts the creation of the world, and looks forward to its...
Series: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198834571ISBN-10:198834578UPC:9780198834571Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:Medieval, EuropeanBook Topic:GermanSize:8.60 x 5.40 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCV2JHN868
Carolyne Larrington has published widely on Old Norse myth, legends, and literature, inlcuding co-editing two volumes of essays on eddic poetry wiht Paul Acker. Her books include King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition (IB Tauris, 2006), Magical Tales: Myth, Legend, and Enchantment in Children's Books (with Diane Purkiss, Bodleian Library, 2013), and The Norse...
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