Jon Karl Helgason

Gebundenes Buch

Echoes of Valhalla

The Afterlife of the Eddas and Sagas

Übersetzer: Appleton, Jane

Beschreibung

Echoes of Valhalla is a unique account of modern adaptations of the Icelandic eddas (poems of Norse mythology) and sagas (ancient prose accounts of Viking history, voyages and battles).

Autor

Jón Karl Helgason is professor in the Department of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies at the University of Iceland. He is the author of several books on the modern afterlife of Icelandic medieval literature, including The Rewriting of Njáls Saga.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Reaktion Books
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 141mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781780237152
• ISBN-10: 1780237154
• Artikelnr.: 45671397