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| Title | : | The Poetic Edda |
| Author | : | Unknown |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Second Edition, Revised |
| Pages | : | Pages: 343 pages |
| Published | : | 1990 by University of Texas Press (first published 1270) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Fantasy. Mythology. Classics. History |
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Paperback | Pages: 343 pages Rating: 4.26 | 7133 Users | 361 Reviews
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The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times.Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf."
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| ISBN: | 0292764995 (ISBN13: 9780292764996) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.26 From 7133 Users | 361 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books The Poetic Edda
The Voluspa is the first poem of the Edda. It tells of the birth of the world, the giants and the gods, a few things in their lives, and then Ragnarok. It is one of the most beautiful, poignant, and sad things I've ever read. The world is out to get you and everyone dies, that's what Norse mythology teaches us.Note on the translation: I mostly read Carolyn Larrington's UNrevised translation. I had the great fortune of getting a copy of Ursula Dronke's Voluspa and it is superior in every way asSo... yeah. I'm not sure why I had to be a fully-grown adult before it ever occurred to me that I could read this, but I probably would have gotten a bit bored at a younger age.Takeaways:1. Tolkein was a huge Norse Fanboy. I mean, so was C. S. Lewis to an extent (I'm looking at you, Fenris Ulf, captain of the White Queen's guard), but a full third of Tolkein's named characters are named in the very first poetic Edda. This cracks me up.2. All the great stories borrow from other great stories in
It turns out that I have a real thing for Scandinavian literature. Reading this and the sagas has made me a little obsessed with the idea of visiting Iceland. Its hard for me to separate my thoughts on the eddas from my thoughts on the sagas and the most recent Sigrid Undset novel Im reading, but Im going to try to keep everything to its proper review space. Alright. The Elder Edda (or Poetic Edda) is the written version of the oral-tradition base material from which the later Younger/Prose Edda
famous for being one of the earliest plagiarisms of professor Tolkien's LotR.
I thought I would enjoy this more than I actually did. Luckily, I already knew about the legends in Norse mythology or I would have given up, I definitely prefer prose to poetry.
I wish I hadnt read all the gory details!
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