The elder edda
2013
Book
Part of a new series 'Legends from the Ancient North', 'The Elder Edda' is one of the classic books that influenced J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings'. 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. Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270, and bsed on sources dating back centuries earlier, these mythological and heroic poems tells of gods and mortals from an ancient era.
Main title:
The elder edda / translated by Andy Orchard.
Author:
Orchard, Andy, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Penguin Classics, 2013.London : Penguin Classics, 2013.
Collation:
432 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Old Norse.
ISBN:
9780141393728 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.61
Local class:
839.61
Language:
EnglishOld Norse
BRN:
1206946