The Prose Edda

Snorri Sturluson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2005
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-044755-2 (ISBN)

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The most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source of Norse mythology

Written 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

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.7.2005
Einführung	Jesse Byock
Mitarbeit	Anmerkungen: Jesse Byock
Übersetzer	Jesse Byock
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	130 x 198 mm
Gewicht	173 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Historische Romane
	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	0-14-044755-5 / 0140447555
ISBN-13	978-0-14-044755-2 / 9780140447552
Zustand	Neuware