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The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer Paperback / softback - 2012
by Jesse L. Byock
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- Title The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
- Author Jesse L. Byock
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition 3rd Revised edit
- Condition New
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date 2012-06-19
- Features Glossary, Maps, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780520272996
- ISBN 9780520272996 / 0520272994
- Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.5 in (20.57 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
From the rear cover
"This is a book of the highest importance. No one should attempt to teach about Viking society or claim to understand it without being familiar with this chilling and enduring myth."--Eleanor Searle, author of Predatory Kinship & the Creation of Norman Power
"Byock's translation is excellent, but his thorough introduction is of equal scholarly importance. . . . His section on Richard Wagner's use of the Volsung material in writing his Ring will expand the topic toward modern Wagnerians."--Michael Bell, University of Colorado
"The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the most important texts of Old Icelandic literature, with its treatment of Old Scandinavian heroic traditions. . . . The most difficult part of the text to translate is, of course, the poetry, but also here the translator has been successful."--Vsteinn Olason, University of Oslo
"Byock's translation is excellent, but his thorough introduction is of equal scholarly importance. . . . His section on Richard Wagner's use of the Volsung material in writing his Ring will expand the topic toward modern Wagnerians."--Michael Bell, University of Colorado
"The Saga of the Volsungs is one of the most important texts of Old Icelandic literature, with its treatment of Old Scandinavian heroic traditions. . . . The most difficult part of the text to translate is, of course, the poetry, but also here the translator has been successful."--Vsteinn Olason, University of Oslo