The Poetic Edda - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carolyne LarringtonSeries:Oxford World's ClassicsPublish date:2014-09-01Pages:384
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199675340ISBN-10:199675341UPC:9780199675340Book Category:Poetry, Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Medieval, History, EuropeanBook Topic:GermanSize:8.40 x 5.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCKGP5TK2R
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780199675340ISBN-10:199675341UPC:9780199675340Book Category:Poetry, Religion, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Medieval, History, EuropeanBook Topic:GermanSize:8.40 x 5.80 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCKGP5TK2R
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) and Magical Tales: Myth, Legend and Enchantment in Children's Books (with Diane Purkiss, Bodleian Library, 2013).
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