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Edda

Categorie	Engels
Boeknummer	#349203-VE42
Titel	Edda
Auteur	Sturluson, Snoori
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London/Rutlant, VE : J.M. Dent/Charles E. Tuttle
Jaar van uitgave	1995
ISBN10	0460876163
ISBN13	9780460876162
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a poem of Snorri's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was killed in his own cellar in 1241 on the instigation of the king of Norway as a result of political intrigue. The EDDA contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages. This is the only... (Lees verder) edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature.
Pagina's	260
Conditie	Goed — Edges book block slightly browned.
Prijs	€ 5,00

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