{"product_id":"poems-of-the-elder-edda-9780812282207","title":"Poems of the Elder Edda","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the \u003ci\u003ePoetic Edda\u003c\/i\u003e. The poems originated in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, when they were compiled in a unique manuscript known as the \u003ci\u003eCodex Regius\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems are primarily lyrical rather than narrative. Terry's readable translation includes the magnificent cosmological poem \u003ci\u003eVöluspá\u003c\/i\u003e (\"The Sibyl's Prophecy\"), didactic poems concerned with mythology and the everyday conduct of life, and heroic poems, of which an important group is concerned with the story of Sigurd and Brynhild. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoems of the Elder Edda\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to students of Old Norse, Icelandic, and Medieval literature, as well as to general readers of poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatricia Terry has taught literature at the University of California, San Diego, and at Barnard College. Poems of hers have appeared in ArtWord Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, The Hudson Review, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, and Ekphrasis. She is the translator, with Nancy Vine Durling, of The Romance of the Rose or Guillaume de Dole, by Jean Renart, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328677220626,"sku":"9780812282207","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c389ae51-ab7f-40f0-a810-c396f54ece74.jpg?v=1727748145","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/poems-of-the-elder-edda-9780812282207","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}