The Saga of the Volsungs

Informationen zum Autor Illustrated by Petra Borner Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Anonym, Anonymous, Anonymus, Jesse L. Byock
• Assisted by: Petra Borner (Illustration), Jesse L. Byock (Editor), Jesse L. Byock (Introduction), Jesse Byock (Translation), Jesse L. Byock (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.11.2013
• EAN: 9780141393681
• ISBN: 978-0-14-139368-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 200 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Legends from the Ancient North; Penguin Classics; Legends from the Ancient North
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Classic fiction (pre c 1945), LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, POETRY / Epic, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, Classic fiction