The Elder Edda
$21.67
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2013
Summary
Legends from the Ancient North brings together five of the key works that most influenced J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction.
J.R.R. Tolkien spent much of his life studying, translating, and teaching the great epic stories of northern Europe, filled with heroes, dragons, trolls, dwarves, and magic. He was hugely influential for his advocacy of Beowulf as a great work of literature and, even if he had never written The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would be recogni…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141393728 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141393726 |
| Author: | Andy Orchard, Petra Borner |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2013 |
| Weight: | 315g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Legends from the Ancient North |
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Andy Orchard
Andy Orchard is an academic focusing on Old English, Norse, and Celtic literature. He is Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, the same position once held by J.R.R. Tolkien. He lives in Oxford with his wife and children.
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