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The Poetic Edda by Lee M. Hollander |
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By: Alfred Raeburne Date: October 27, 2014, 12:05 pm |
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http://www.amazon.com/encyclopedia-fairies-Hobgoblins-supernatural-creatures/pr… |
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"The Poetic Edda comprises a treasure trove of mythic and |
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spiritual verse holding an important place in Nordic culture, |
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literature, and heritage. Its tales of strife and death form a |
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repository, in poetic form, of Norse mythology and heroic lore, |
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embodying both the ethical views and the cultural life of the |
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North during the late heathen and early Christian times. |
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Collected by an unidentified Icelander, probably during the |
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twelfth or thirteenth century, The Poetic Edda was rediscovered |
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in Iceland in the seventeenth century by Danish scholars. Even |
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then its value as poetry, as a source of historical information, |
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and as a collection of entertaining stories was recognized. This |
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meticulous translation succeeds in reproducing the verse |
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patterns, the rhythm, the mood, and the dignity of the original |
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in a revision that Scandinavian Studies says "may well grace |
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anyone's bookshelf." |
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