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The Poetic Edda: Volume II: Mythological Poems

The Poetic Edda: Volume II: Mythological Poems

by Clarendon Press
The Poetic Edda: Volume II: Mythological Poems
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ISBN-10:
0198111819
ISBN-13:
9780198111818
Pub. Date:
12/04/1997
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0198111819
ISBN-13:
9780198111818
Pub. Date:
12/04/1997
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Poetic Edda: Volume II: Mythological Poems

The Poetic Edda: Volume II: Mythological Poems

by Clarendon Press

Overview

This new edition of mythological poems from the Poetic Edda takes the reader deep into the imagination of the Viking poets (c.1000 AD). Setting text and translation side by side, Dronke provides full introductions and commentaries for each of the poems.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198111818
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 12/04/1997
Series: Dronke Poetic Edda
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 458
Product dimensions: 9.36(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.33(d)

About the Author

Linacre College, Oxford

Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsThe ManuscriptsThe Printed TextAbbreviationsVoluspáRigspulaVolundarkvidaLokasennaSkirnismál, all five poems divided into Contents, Text and Translation, Introduction, Commentary on the Text; Voluspá also featuring an Appendix: Baldrs Draumar Text, Translation, and Commentary; Volundarkvida also featuring an Index of Personal NamesBibliography
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