Stories and Ballads of the Far Past: Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107600454)

Originally published in 1921, this book contains English translations of stories taken from the Fornaldar Sögur Northrlanda, or 'Stories of Ancient Times relating to the countries of the North', a collection of Old Norse Sagas edited by Rafn in 1829-30 and re-edited by Valdimar Ásmundarson in 1886-91. The stories contained in this collection deal almost exclusively with times anterior to Harold the Fairhaired (c. 860-930), and the colonisation of Iceland. Written texts for the stories as a rule come from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, though the actual manuscripts themselves are generally later. This English edition contains a generous introduction and explanatory notes, making it accessible to the general reader. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in Old Norse literature.

Author: N. Kershaw
ISBN-10: 1107600456
ISBN-13: 9781107600454
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/18/2011
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d