Poetic Edda - Volume III Mythological Poems II

Zusatztext The strength of Dronke's edition undoubtedly lies in its literary interpretation of the text and it's English translation Informationen zum Autor Ursula Dronke is Emeritus Vigfusson Reader in Ancient Icelandic Literature and Antiquities, University of Oxford and and Emeritus Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford. Her publications include The Poetic Edda: Volume I: Heroic Poems and Volume II: Mythological Poems (both Clarendon Press), and The role of sexual themes in Njáls saga: The Dorothea Coke memorial lecture in northern studies (Viking Society for Northern Research). Klappentext This volume presents four of the most intricate and fascinating mythological poems of the Poetic Edda - 'Hávamál'! 'Hymiskviða'! 'Grímnismál'! and 'Gróttasöngr' - with parallel translations! introductions! and illuminating commentaries. Zusammenfassung This volume presents four of the most intricate and fascinating mythological poems of the Poetic Edda - 'Hávamál', 'Hymiskviða', 'Grímnismál', and 'Gróttasöngr' - with parallel translations, introductions, and illuminating commentaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Hávamál; I: Text and Translation; II: Introduction; (i): Itineraries; (ii): Óðin with men and women; III: Commentary; Hymiskviða; I: Text and Translation; II: Commentary; III: The winning of the giant's cauldron; IV: The Christian origins of the story of Þórr's killing of the World Serpent; (A): Learned sources; (B): Sixteen fragments of the Skaldic Verse; V: The missing rowing scene after Hymiskviða 19; VI: Two intrusive stanzas in the text of Hymiskviða; VII: Hymiskviða and folktale: The breaking of the giant's glass goblet; Grímnismál; I: Text and translation; II: Grímnismál: a Foreword; III: Commentary; Gróttasöngr; I: Text and translation; II: Commentary; III: The Story of Grotti; (i): The earliest verse records of Fróði's mill Grotti; (ii): Later records; The Manuscripts; Bibliography

List of contents

• Preface


• Introduction


• Hávamál


• I: Text and Translation


• II: Introduction


• (i): Itineraries


• (ii): Óðin with men and women


• III: Commentary


• Hymiskviða


• I: Text and Translation


• II: Commentary


• III: The winning of the giant's cauldron


• IV: The Christian origins of the story of Þórr's killing of the World Serpent


• (A): Learned sources


• (B): Sixteen fragments of the Skaldic Verse


• V: The missing rowing scene after Hymiskviða 19


• VI: Two intrusive stanzas in the text of Hymiskviða


• VII: Hymiskviða and folktale: The breaking of the giant's glass goblet


• GrÃmnismál


• I: Text and translation


• II: GrÃmnismál: a Foreword


• III: Commentary


• Gróttasöngr


• I: Text and translation


• II: Commentary


• III: The Story of Grotti


• (i): The earliest verse records of Fróði's mill Grotti


• (ii): Later records


• The Manuscripts


• Bibliography

Report

The strength of Dronke's edition undoubtedly lies in its literary interpretation of the text and it's English translation Margaret Clunies Ross, Journal of English and Germanic Philology

Product details

• Authors: Ursula Dronke
• Assisted by: Ursula Dronke (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.03.2011
• EAN: 9780198111825
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811182-5
• No. of pages: 172
• Series: Poetic Edda; Dronke Poetic Edda; Dronke Poetic Edda; The Poetic Edda
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; POETRY / General, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Ancient, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies