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The Poetic Edda
Dodds Jeramy
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Description for The Poetic Edda
Paperback. A lively contemporary translation of these action-packed medieval Icelandic poems. Translator(s): Dodds, Jeramy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 419.
"This is a wonderful new edition of the Poetic Edda. It captures the language, vitality, and rhythms of the original."-Jesse Byock, PhD, UCLA Gods, giants, the undead, dwarves, Valkyries, heroes, kidnapping, dragons, and a giant wolf are just some of the stars in these Norse tales. Committed to vellum in Iceland around 1270, The Poetic Edda has compelled the likes of Richard Wagner, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jorges Luis Borges, and W.H. Auden. Jeramy Dodds transmits the Old Icelandic text into English without chipping the patina of the original. Jeramy Dodds's Crabwise to the Hounds was shortlisted for ... Read more
"This is a wonderful new edition of the Poetic Edda. It captures the language, vitality, and rhythms of the original."-Jesse Byock, PhD, UCLA Gods, giants, the undead, dwarves, Valkyries, heroes, kidnapping, dragons, and a giant wolf are just some of the stars in these Norse tales. Committed to vellum in Iceland around 1270, The Poetic Edda has compelled the likes of Richard Wagner, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jorges Luis Borges, and W.H. Auden. Jeramy Dodds transmits the Old Icelandic text into English without chipping the patina of the original. Jeramy Dodds's Crabwise to the Hounds was shortlisted for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Coach House Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781552452967
SKU
V9781552452967
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About Dodds Jeramy
Jeramy Dodds: Jeramy Dodds is the author of Crabwise to the Hounds, which won the 2009 Trillium Book Award for Poetry and was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. His poems have won the CBC Literary Prize and the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award. He holds an MA in Medieval Icelandic Studies.
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