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Elder Edda

Andy Orchard, Petra Borner
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      Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Elder Edda is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings'I was in the East, battling giants,wicked-hearted women, who wandered the fells;great would be the giant-race, if they all lived: mankind would be nothing under, middle-earth. What did you do meantime, Grey-beard?'J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andy Orchard, Petra Borner EAN: 9780141393728 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 315 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-11-07 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, POETRY / Epic, POETRY / Medieval WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Epic, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Icelandic and Old Norse sagas, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Andy Orchard (Translator) Andy Orchard is an academic focusing on Old English, Norse, and Celtic literature. He is Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, the same position once held by J.R.R. Tolkien. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children.
      Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Elder Edda is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings'I was in the East, battling giants,wicked-hearted women, who wandered the fells;great would be the giant-race, if they all lived: mankind would be nothing under, middle-earth. What did you do meantime, Grey-beard?'J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Andy Orchard, Petra Borner EAN: 9780141393728 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 315 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Penguin Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-11-07 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, POETRY / Epic, POETRY / Medieval WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Epic, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Icelandic and Old Norse sagas, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)

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      Andy Orchard (Translator) Andy Orchard is an academic focusing on Old English, Norse, and Celtic literature. He is Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, the same position once held by J.R.R. Tolkien. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children.

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