品牌：Snorri Sturluson
基本信息
·出版社：Penguin Classics
·页码：304 页码
·出版日：2006年
·ISBN：0140447555
·条码：9780140447552
·装帧：平装
·英语：英语
内容简介
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The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroes, warrior kings and queens. In clear prose interspersed with powerful verse, the Edda provides unparalleled insight into the gods' tragic realization that the future holds one final cataclysmic battle, Ragnarok, when the world will be destroyed. These tales from the pagan era have proved to be among the most influential of all myths and legends, inspiring modern works as diverse as Wagner's Ring Cycle and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
作者简介
Snorri Sturluson(1179–1241) was the son of an upstart Icelandic chieftain. He rose to become Iceland’s richest and, for a time, most powerful leader.
Jesse Byockis a professor of Icelandic and Old Norse studies at UCLA. He is the translator ofThe Saga of the VolsungsandThe Saga of King Hrolf Krakifor Penguin Classics.
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