false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg 381112 1 <blockquote> <p class="quote">"...the translation may indeed be regarded as the crowning achievement of a great scholar." </p> <p class="source"><cite>&#151;Scandinavian-American Bulletin</cite></p> </blockquote> <p> <cite>The Poetic Edda</cite> comprises a treasure trove of mythic and spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times. </p> <p> Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century, <cite>The Poetic Edda</cite> was rediscovered in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original in a revision that <cite>Scandinavian Studies</cite> says "may well grace anyone's bookshelf." </p> 370900 1986 The Poetic Edda total:80|5:35|4:34|3:11|2:0|1:0| 80 344 148 16 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 3 1 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:48:05 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:49:39 -0700 2009 Edda is "a repository, in poetic form" of mythology and heroic lore "bodying forth both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times." It is also, for the most part, boring as fuck. It may ...more...]]> 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 4 0 false Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 06:44:35 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 06:50:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 4 0 false Sat Jul 05 12:11:55 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:26:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 5 0 false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Oct 28 14:51:24 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 15:07:42 -0700 2007 more...]]> 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 0 0 false Mon Mar 30 07:31:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:31:19 -0700 2009 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 0 0 false Fri Jan 30 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 17:08:55 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 17:11:37 -0800 2009 381112 0292764995 9780292764996 80 16 4.30 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174329501m/381112.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/381112.The_Poetic_Edda 5 0 false Tue Aug 12 08:46:02 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 08:48:02 -0700 2008
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