- Norse Mythology, Glossaries, vocabularies, Scalds and scaldic poetry, Old Norse poetry
"Over a period of twenty years Snorri Sturluson, scholar, courtier and poet, compiled the prose Edda as a textbook for young poets who wished to praise kings. His work surveys the content, style and metres of traditional Viking poetry and includes a lengthy poem of Snorrie's own, praising the king of Norway.
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- Author
- Snorri Sturluson
- First published
- 1665
- Pages
- 221
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Pr, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Dover Publications
- Editions
- 42
- Language
- ice, German, French, Italian
- ISBN
- 9780903521352
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