The Elder Edda

Andy Orchard, Petra Borner, Andrew Orchard

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Penguin Classics
20 November 2013

Poetry anthologies

Series: Legends from the Ancient North

Legends from the Ancient North brings together some of the magical texts that most influenced Tolkien

'I was in the East, battling giants, wicked-hearted women, who wandered the fells; great would be the giant-race, if they all lived-

mankind would be nothing under, middle-earth.

What did you do meantime, Grey-beard?'

J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recognised today as a significant figure in the rediscovery of these extraordinary tales.

Legends from the Ancient North brings together from Penguin Classics five of the key works behind Tolkien's fiction.

They are startling, brutal, strange pieces of writing, with an elemental power brilliantly preserved in these translations.

They plunge the reader into a world of treachery, quests, chivalry, trials of strength.

They are the most ancient narratives that exist from northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of the magical landscape of Middle-earth (Midgard) which Tolkien remade in the 20th century.

Illustrated by: Petra Borner
Translated by: Andy Orchard, Andrew Orchard
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780141393728
ISBN 10: 0141393726
Series: Legends from the Ancient North
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 20 November 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andy Orchard (Translator) Andy Orchard is an academic focusing on Old English, Norse, and Celtic literature. He is Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, the same position once held by J.R.R. Tolkien. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children.

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The Elder Edda

Andy Orchard, Petra Borner, Andrew Orchard

$24.99

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