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Snorri Sturluson - Prose Edda, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

Prose Edda

Av Snorri Sturluson

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The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythologyWritten in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. In prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda shows the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed. These tales have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends, inspiring works such as Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.Translated with an Introduction and notes by JESSE BYOCK
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2005-07-28
  • Mått: 151 x 198 x 15 mm
  • Vikt: 160 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 224
  • Förlag: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9780140447552
  • Översättare: Jesse Byock, Jesse L. Byock
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Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) was born in western Iceland, the son of an upstart Icelandic chieftain. In the early thirteenth century, Snorri rose to become Iceland’s richest and, for a time, its most powerful leader. Twice he was elected law-speaker at the Althing, Iceland’s national assembly, and twice he went abroad to visit Norwegian royalty. An ambitious and sometimes ruthless leader, Snorri was also a man of learning, with deep interests in the myth, poetry and history of the Viking Age. He has long been assumed to be the author of some of medieval Iceland’s greatest works, including the Prose Edda and Heimskringla, the latter a saga history of the kings of Norway.

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