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Edda (Everyman's Library)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 839.68
EAN: 9780460876162
ISBN: 0460876163
Label: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
Manufacturer: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 06, 1995
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
Studio: Orion Publishing Group, Ltd.
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Editorial Review:
Over twenty years Snorri Sturlson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. He surveys the content, style and metres of Viking poetry, and provides the most complete catalog in existence of the mythology of pagan Scandinavia. This first complete and literal translation into English preserves his laconic and allusive style.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Boring
I wanted to like this book. I love Sagas of Icelanders. I was ecstatic over the Poetic Edda. Snorri's "Prose Edda" was frequently mentioned in my other reading, and I decided I would have to check it out. What a disappointment.
I must clarify that by saying that the Prose Edda is an EXTREMELY important book of immense value to students of Medeival literature (specifically Scandinavian / Norse / Icelandic.) It is the single most complete record of Norse mythology which we have today, and ... Read More
Rating:  - Captures the wonderful dry humor!
I agree with the review from 1998, and wanted to add that this translation really captures the dry humor in Sturluson's Edda. The Scandanavians (myself included) have wonderful dry humor, and Norse mythology is full of it as well. This is an excellent translation that does not lose the essence of the Edda.
But, like the reviewer before me recommended, do not buy this translation if you're looking for an easy-to-read story book, because Sturluson's Edda was never that. It is the primary ... Read More
Rating:  - Good, but not for dilettantes
There are two chief sources for the Norse myths, the Elder (Poetic) Edda and the Younger (Prose) Edda. This is a translation of the Prose Edda and includes the creation of the earth from the remains of the giant Ymir, the death of Baldr, the twilight of the gods (Ragnarök), and certain stories of Sigurd and Brynhild (Siegfried and Brünnhilde in Wagner's operas). Most translations include only the parts that are "of interest to the general reader", but this one is complete, so you can make your ... Read More
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