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The course has a linguistic purpose and is designed to give
students a reading knowledge of Old Norse through the study of Old
Norse-Icelandic grammar and selections of Old Norse-Icelandic
texts. The course begins with an introduction to Old Icelandic
grammar through the study of Kenneth G. Chapman's Graded Readings
and Exercises in Old Icelandic. Next, students move on to Michael
Barnes' A New Introduction to Old Norse. Part I: Grammar at the
same time as they read, translate, and analyze a selection of
literary texts in Anthony Faulkes' A New Introduction to Old Norse.
Part II: Reader.
Comprises two remarkable Icelandic tales. The first, Hreidars
Thattr, is in an ancient narrative form. It is one of the oldest
Icelandic short stories preserved and its archaic style adds
greatly to its interest. The story also gives an insight into
medieval humour, very different from that of today. The second
tale, Orms Thattr, differs greatly in age and type. It is a late
composition and reveals a taste that grew in Iceland in the late
Middle Ages, a taste for stories of adventure, magic and feats of
strength. For this new edition the text has been entirely reset and
numerous additions and corrections made, as well the binding being
restored to something like that of the original edition.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
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Edda (Paperback, Original)
Snorri Sturluson; Edited by Anthony Faulkes
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But the king's heart swells, bulging with courage in battle, where
heroes sink down...
Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier
and poet, compiled the prose "Edda" as a textbook for young poets
who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and
metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of
Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway. Ironically, Snorri was
killed in his own cellar in Iceland in 1241 on the instigation of
the king of Norway, as a result of political intrigue.
The "Edda" contains the most extensive account of Norse myths and
legends that has survived from the Middle Ages as well as the
popular stories of Odin winning back the mead of poetic inspiration
and Thor fishing for the Midgard serpent.
"Hattatal" is a treatise in Old Icelandic on the metres and
verse-forms of Old Norse poetry. It forms the third part of the
"Edda" (known as the "Prose Edda") of the Icelandic historian and
poet Snorri Struluson (1179-1241). The first part, "Gylfaginning",
deals with the mythological background to the diction of skaldic
poetry; the second, "Skaldskaparmal", with the language of poetry.
"Hattatal consists of a poem in 102 stanzas in various verse-forms
in praise of the rulers of Norway, the young King Hakon Hakonarson
(1204-1263) and Earl Skuli (1188-1240), composed by Snorri in about
1222/1223, after he had just visited the Norwegian court, together
with a commentary which points out the main features of the variety
of verse-forms that the poem exemplifies.;As the earliest medieval
treatise on the metres of poetry in a Germanic language, it is of
great importance to the understanding of the metres not only of
Norse poetry but also of those of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval German,
and it also provides insight into the ways in which a medieval
vernacular poet perceived his work. This edition, the first one
with English apparatus, is in normalized spelling and comprises an
introduction, notes and glossary and is intended to make the text
accessible to students with some knowledge of Old Icelandic.
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