AudioBook Edda (Everyman) Review
Edda (Everyman) Snorri Sturluson Book Descriptions: 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 edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature. Link Download: http://bit.ly/2JkpX8g Language : English
Edda (Everyman) Snorri Sturluson
Book Descriptions:
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 edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature.
Link Download:
http://bit.ly/2JkpX8g
Language : English
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<strong>Edda</strong> (<strong>Everyman</strong>) (Snorri Sturluson) The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse<br />
literature. Over a period of twenty years, Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose EDDA as a textbook for young poets<br />
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,<br />
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<br />
intrigue. The EDDA contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and legends that has survived from the Middle Ages. This is the only<br />
edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature.<br />
<strong>AudioBook</strong> <strong>Edda</strong> (<strong>Everyman</strong>) <strong>Review</strong>
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● Author : Snorri Sturluson<br />
● Pages : 288 pages<br />
Publisher : W&N 2008-01-23<br />
● Language : English<br />
● ISBN-10 : 0460876163<br />
ISBN-13 : 9780460876162<br />
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<strong>AudioBook</strong> <strong>Edda</strong> (<strong>Everyman</strong>) <strong>Review</strong>