{"product_id":"poems-of-the-elder-edda-paperback-softback-9780812282207","title":"Poems of the Elder Edda (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812282207","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePoems of the Elder Edda\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePatricia Terry (Translated by), Charles W. Dunn (Introduction by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812282207\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.436 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the \u003ci\u003ePoetic Edda\u003c\/i\u003e. The poems originated in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, when they were compiled in a unique manuscript known as the \u003ci\u003eCodex Regius\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poems are primarily lyrical rather than narrative. Terry's readable translation includes the magnificent cosmological poem \u003ci\u003eVÖluspÁ\u003c\/i\u003e (\"The Sibyl's Prophecy\"), didactic poems concerned with mythology and the everyday conduct of life, and heroic poems, of which an important group is concerned with the story of Sigurd and Brynhild.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems of the Elder Edda\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to students of Old Norse, Icelandic, and Medieval literature, as well as to general readers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52742619103512,"sku":"9780812282207","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/poems-of-the-elder-edda-paperback-softback-9780812282207","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}