The great poetic tradition of pre-Christian Scandinavia is known to us almost exclusively though the Poetic Edda. The poems originated in Iceland, Norway, and Greenland between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, when they were compiled in a unique manuscript known as the Codex Regius.
The poems are primarily lyrical rather than narrative. Terry's readable translation includes the magnificent cosmological poem Völuspá ("The Sibyl's Prophecy"), didactic poems concerned with mythology and the everyday conduct of life, and heroic poems, of which an important group is concerned with the story of Sigurd and Brynhild.
Poems of the Elder Edda will appeal to students of Old Norse, Icelandic, and Medieval literature, as well as to general readers of poetry.
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Patricia Terry has taught literature at the University of California, San Diego, and at Barnard College. Poems of hers have appeared in ArtWord Quarterly, Denver Quarterly, The Hudson Review, The Paris Review, Prairie Schooner, and Ekphrasis. She is the translator, with Nancy Vine Durling, of The Romance of the Rose or Guillaume de Dole, by Jean Renart, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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I facilitate a monthly bookclub where we compare various translations, stanza by stanza, of the Poetic Edda. The point is to notice the differences in translation and discuss what they might mean in order to more completely understand the verse.THIS is the book I refer to when I want to be sure what the heck a particular verse REALLY means! If I am confused or want to double-check that I've properly understood something, it's where I turn. When someone asks me which translation I would reccomend to beginning lore scholars, I usually suggest this one, because it is easy to understand. It might sacrifice flowery language, or not make the attempt to re-create the poetic rhythym of the original Old Norse that other translations do, but it is uncompromisingly direct. (I call it the "No Bull" translation.)
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I think Patricia Terry's translation of the Poetic Edda, is without a doubt the best I have read. Even though she leaves out two stories, it STILL should be read. Easy, fun and entertaining. Loved It!!!!!
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The Lay of Atli, The Lay of Sigrdrifa, The Lay of Alvis, Volsunga Saga, High One, King Hunding, The Lay of Hamdir, The Lay of Helgi Hjorvard's Son, Skirnir's Journey, The Lay of Harbard, The Lay of Regin, The Lay of Thrym, The Short Lay of Sigurd, Freka Stone, King Hjorvard, The Insolence of Loki, The Lay of Fafnir, The Lay of Grimnir, The Waking of Angantyr, Swan White, The Grief of Gudrun, The Lay of Hymir, The Lay of Volund, The Second Lay of Gudrun, Codex Regius New!
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