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 kingsHis 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 AgesThis is the only edition available with introduction, text summaries, indexes and chronology of early Icelandic literature.

Format Häftad Omfång 288 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Orion Publishing Co Utgivningsdatum 2008-01-23 ISBN 9780460876162