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The Song Weigher (English and Multilingual Edition)
Egill Skallagrimsson
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Paperback. BIC Classification: FA. .
Egill Skallagrimsson was the most original, imaginative and technically brilliant of the Old Norse skalds, poets whose orally composed and performed verses were as much revered in ninth- to thirteenth-century Scandinavia as heroism in battle. Egill's saga details his life-story as well as those of his immediate predecessors, from whom he inherited his massive build, his early baldness (Skalla in his name means 'bald') and his exceptional ugliness. An arch enemy of Erikr Bloodax, he was a notoriously difficult man and, as many of the poems demonstrate, was lethal when crossed. But he also made poems which show he was ... Read more
Egill Skallagrimsson was the most original, imaginative and technically brilliant of the Old Norse skalds, poets whose orally composed and performed verses were as much revered in ninth- to thirteenth-century Scandinavia as heroism in battle. Egill's saga details his life-story as well as those of his immediate predecessors, from whom he inherited his massive build, his early baldness (Skalla in his name means 'bald') and his exceptional ugliness. An arch enemy of Erikr Bloodax, he was a notoriously difficult man and, as many of the poems demonstrate, was lethal when crossed. But he also made poems which show he was ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Arc Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Lancs, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910345917
SKU
V9781910345917
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About Egill Skallagrimsson
Ian Crockatt has published several collections of his own poetry. Original Myths, which includes etchings by the Scottish artist Paul Fleming, was short-listed for the Saltire Society's Scottish Book of the Year Award in 2000. He has been a prizewinner in a number of national literary competitions, and was awarded Writer's Bursaries by the Scottish Arts Council in 2004 and ... Read more
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