Ebook {Epub PDF} The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

Iceland's great literary genius, Snorri Sturluson (–), combined oral traditions, genealogical records, and old songs to immortalize his country's glorious past. Edda means "poetic art," and Sturluson's guidebook for Icelandic poets has been a timeless inspiration for generations of writers around the world, including Wagner, Borges /5(73). 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, honoring the king of Norway/5(). The Prose Edda is a text on Old Norse Poetics, written about bythe Icelandic poet and politican Snorri Sturlson, who also wrote theHeimskringla. The Prose Edda contains a wide variety of lore which a Skald (poet) of thetime would need to know. The text is of interest to modern readers because it contains consistentnarratives of many of the plot lines of Norse mythology.

In Snorri Sturluson. The Prose Edda is a handbook on poetics. In this work Snorri arranges and recounts the legends of Norse mythology in an entertaining way. He then explains the ornate diction of the ancient skaldic poets and explains the great variety of poetic metres used in skaldic Read More; division of Edda. In Edda. The Prose Edda is a text on Old Norse Poetics, written about by the Icelandic poet and politican Snorri Sturlson, who also wrote the bltadwin.ru Prose Edda contains a wide variety of lore which a Skald (poet) of the time would need to know. Snorri Sturluson feared that the traditional techniques of Norse poetics, the pagan kennings, and the allusions to mythology would be forgotten with the introduction of new verse forms from Europe. "Prose Edda" was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages.

The Prose Edda of Snorri Sturlson Translated by Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur [] The Prose Edda is a text on Old Norse Poetics, written about by the Norwegian poet and politican Snorri Sturlson, who also wrote the Heimskringla. The Prose Edda contains a wide variety of lore which a Skald (poet) of the time would need to know. The text is of. Gylfaginning is the first part of Snorri Sturluson’s Edda, and contains the most extensive and coherent account of Scandinavian mythology that exists from the Middle Ages. The prologue that accompanies it develops a surprisingly rational theory about the origin of heathen religions, which is of great interest for the history of ideas in medieval. The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Classics) Paperback – Illustrated, Janu by Snorri Sturluson (Author), Jesse L. Byock (Editor, Translator, Introduction) out of 5 stars 1, ratings.