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The Poetic Edda[POETIC EDDA 2/E][Paperback]
The Poetic Edda [POETIC EDDA 2/E] [Paperback]
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Published September 1, 2014
About the author
Carolyne Larrington
52 books115 followersCarolyne Larrington is a Tutorial Fellow in English at St. John's College, Oxford.
Dr. Carolyne Larrington teaches medieval English literature in the college, ranging from the earliest Old English to the beginning of the Renaissance period.
Dr Larrington's research interests are in Old Icelandic literature, medieval women's writing, European Arthurian literature, and, most recently, medieval emotion. She has published on Old English and Old Icelandic wisdom poetry, compiled Women and Writing in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook and edited two collections of essays on the Old Norse Poetic Edda. Her revised and expanded translation of the Poetic Edda, just published, is the standard. Her most recent monograph is King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition which appeared from IB Tauris in June 2006. Her book on sibling relations in European medieval literature, and a new popular book on British folklore, The Land of the Green Man will be published in 2015; a BBC Radio 4 series based on the folklore book has also been commissioned. She is currently editing a collection of essays on emotion in Arthurian literature, and a Handbook to Eddic Poetry. She has been until recently editor-in-chief of the journal Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, and the President of the Viking Society for Northern Research, the British scholarly society for Old Norse study.
(from https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/945-714/Dr-C...)
Dr. Carolyne Larrington teaches medieval English literature in the college, ranging from the earliest Old English to the beginning of the Renaissance period.
Dr Larrington's research interests are in Old Icelandic literature, medieval women's writing, European Arthurian literature, and, most recently, medieval emotion. She has published on Old English and Old Icelandic wisdom poetry, compiled Women and Writing in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook and edited two collections of essays on the Old Norse Poetic Edda. Her revised and expanded translation of the Poetic Edda, just published, is the standard. Her most recent monograph is King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition which appeared from IB Tauris in June 2006. Her book on sibling relations in European medieval literature, and a new popular book on British folklore, The Land of the Green Man will be published in 2015; a BBC Radio 4 series based on the folklore book has also been commissioned. She is currently editing a collection of essays on emotion in Arthurian literature, and a Handbook to Eddic Poetry. She has been until recently editor-in-chief of the journal Viking and Medieval Scandinavia, and the President of the Viking Society for Northern Research, the British scholarly society for Old Norse study.
(from https://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/945-714/Dr-C...)
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November 19, 2024
Someone stole my book :( Edit, I got it back!
As a piece of historical text, and as a translation and learning tool I give this 5/5. The explanatory notes are very helpful, and there are supplementary notes and references in the necessary spots.
It’s made very clear where these stories come from and even references other texts for further reading.
As a pure enjoyment rating, I give it 3/5. While there are some high highs like in each of Gudrun’s Poems, there are low lows like in The Song of Grotti where it’s basically just a family tree.
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who doesn’t already have an interest in Norse mythology. Although, there is something to be said about understanding how stories are told in different cultures and contexts.
As a piece of historical text, and as a translation and learning tool I give this 5/5. The explanatory notes are very helpful, and there are supplementary notes and references in the necessary spots.
It’s made very clear where these stories come from and even references other texts for further reading.
As a pure enjoyment rating, I give it 3/5. While there are some high highs like in each of Gudrun’s Poems, there are low lows like in The Song of Grotti where it’s basically just a family tree.
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone who doesn’t already have an interest in Norse mythology. Although, there is something to be said about understanding how stories are told in different cultures and contexts.
May 8, 2026
I read this for Viking Mythology, it was suitably entertaining.
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