Early in his career, he won a reputation at home and in Norway for his poetic talents. Intended to be a handbook in skaldic poetry, it preserves invaluable mythological tales that were on the verge of being forgotten even in Sturlusons. He was born in western Iceland, the son of a great chieftain. His books include Heimskringla Saga, Egil's Saga, and Saint Oláf's Saga. Edda, body of ancient Icelandic literature contained in two 13th-century books commonly distinguished as the Prose, or Younger, Edda and the Poetic, or Elder, Edda. Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241), Iceland's most versatile literary genius, wrote about poetry, mythology, and the lives of Norse kings.
Snorri Sturluson was a master storyteller, and this translation in modern idiom of the inimitable tales of the gods and heroes of the Scandinavian peoples brings them to life again.
The present selection includes the whole of Gylfaginning (The deluding of Gylfi)-a guide to mythology that forms one of the great storybooks of the Middle Ages-and the longer heroic tales and legends of Skáldskaparmál (Poetic diction). 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. It is an exposition of the rule of poetic diction with many examples, applications, and retellings of myths and legends. It was designed as a handbook for poets to compose in the style of the skalds of the Viking ages. Prose Edda is a work without predecessor or parallel. The prose Edda : Norse mythology / Snorri Sturluson translated with an introduction and notes by Jesse L. The Prose Edda: Tales from Norse Mythology By Snorri Sturluson (Author), Jean I Young (Translator)
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