Edda

Snorri Sturluson author Anthony Faulkes editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Orion Publishing Co

Published:23rd Jan '08

Should be back in stock very soon

Edda cover

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.

ISBN: 9780460876162

Dimensions: 197mm x 133mm x 21mm

Weight: 256g

288 pages