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The Elder Edda (Paperback)
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The Elder Edda (Paperback)
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List price R312
Loot Price R257
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Part of a new series Legends from the Ancient North, The Elder Edda
is one of the classic books that influenced JRR Tolkien's The
Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings '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.
General
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2013 |
First published: |
October 2013 |
Translators: |
Andy Orchard
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Illustrators: |
Petra Borner
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
432 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-14-139372-8 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
Norse, Old
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-14-139372-6 |
Barcode: |
9780141393728 |
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