The poetic edda - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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POETS & POETRY | 1600 | He began a famous poem, ""I celebrate myself, and sing myself"" Walt Whitman 19th CENTURY BOOKS & AUTHORS | 800 | In 1893 this British man published his ""initial"" book, a ""text-book of biology""; many sci-fi novels followed H.G. Wells FRENCH LITERATURE | 2000 | A collection of about 90 tales, ""The Human Comedy"" by this author paints a vivid portrait of 19th c. France (Honoré de) Balzac CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF | 400 | Cartoonist Michael Ramirez...

This document contains a summary of the entire The Poetic Edda translated by Carolyne Larrington. This includes: Seeress’ Prophecy (Voluspa), Sayings of the High One (Havamal), Vafthrudnir’s Sayings (Vafthrudnismal), Grimnir’s Sayings (Grimismal), Skirnir’s Journey, Harbard’s Song (Harbardzljod), Hymir’s Poem (Hymiskvida) , Loki’s Quarrel (Lokasenna), Thrym’s Poem (Thrymskvida), The Poem of Volund (Volundarkvida), All-wise’s Sayings (Alvissmal), The First Poem of Helgi Hu...

This summary contains a summary of: PRIMARY SOURCES - Prose Edda - Poetic Edda - Egil’s Saga - Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar - Haraldskvæði (Introduction and Actual poem) - Eiríksmál (Introduction and Actual poem) - Excerpts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (The Canterbury Manuscript and The Winchester Manuscript) - Ӕlfric of Eynsham – AD ±945-±1010, The Passion of Saint Edmund, King and Martyr - The Battle of Maldon (Introduction and Actual Poem) - Sermo Lupi Ad Ang...