Hï¿1/2ttatal: Edda, Part 3 (Edda Snorra Sturlusonar//Edda) [Hardcover]

Snorri Sturluson (Author), Anthony Faulkes (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 19, 1991 | ISBN-10: 0198112386 | ISBN-13: 978-0198112389

Ha'ttatal is a treatise in Old Icelandic on the metres and verse-forms of Old Norse poetry. It forms the third part of the Edda of the Icelandic historian and poet Snorri Sturluson (1179-1241). This poem consists of 102 stanzas in various verse-forms in praise of the rulers of Norway after Sturluson had visited the Norwegian court in about 1222-3. This is the earliest medieval treatise on the metres of poetry in a Germanic language, and is of immense importance for our understanding of the metres not only of Norse poetry but also of those of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval German, and it also provides great insight into the ways in which a medieval vernacular poet perceived his work. This edition is in normalized spelling and has an introduction, notes, and glossary.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 200 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 19, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198112386
• ISBN-13: 978-0198112389
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
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