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the poetic edda
p the poetic edda 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 collected by an unidentified icelander probably during the twelfth or thirteenth century the poetic edda 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 scandinavian studies says may well grace anyones bookshelf .
paperback university of texas press 1986 isbn 0292764995
abridged n isbn 13 9780292764996 number of pages 343 publisher univ of texas pr release date 62135769600000