The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes

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Publisher Description

“The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion’s share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc. Jackson Crawford’s modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today’s readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings.”—Dick Ringler, Professor Emeritus of English and Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
JC
Jackson Crawford
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
06:24
hr min
RELEASED
2018
November 13
PUBLISHER
Blackstone Publishing
SIZE
314
MB

Customer Reviews

VRandall ,

Useful, Informative, and Entertaining

A fantastic resource by a very knowledgeable man. I enjoyed listening to this translation of some good Norse wisdom. Thanks, Dr. Crawford.

beausax ,

Great audiobook

This is a great audio version of the book. I listen to this while I drive and work. Jackson Crawford is a wise man (but not too wise) for making this. Definitely love listing to it.

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