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The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer

The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer Paperback / softback - 2012

by Jesse L. Byock

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Paperback / softback. New. Tells of love, jealousy, vengeance, war, and the mythic deeds of the dragonslayer, Sigurd the Volsung. This title explores the history, legends, and myths contained in the saga and traces the development of a narrative that reaches back to the period of the great folk migrations in Europe when the Roman Empire collapsed.
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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)
  • 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

About the author

Jesse L. Byock is Professor of Old Norse and Medieval Scandinavian Studies, Scandinavian Section, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles.