
The Poetic Edda
Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
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Narrated by:
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Jackson Crawford
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Jackson Crawford
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"The poems of the Poetic Edda have waited a long time for a Modern English translation that would do them justice. Here it is at last (Odin be praised!) and well worth the wait. These amazing texts from a thirteenth-century Icelandic manuscript are of huge historical, mythological, and literary importance, containing the lion's share of information that survives today about the gods and heroes of pre-Christian Scandinavians, their unique vision of the beginning and end of the world, etc.
"Jackson Crawford's modern versions of these poems are authoritative and fluent and often very gripping. With their individual headnotes and complementary general introduction, they supply today's readers with most of what they need to know in order to understand and appreciate the beliefs, motivations, and values of the Vikings." (Dick Ringler, professor emeritus of English and Scandinavian studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
©2015 Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.I loved it.
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The best written form.
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Excellent translation and narration
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I have followed him short while on YouTube for his specialization in ancient Norse and was delighted to see he had translated the Poetic Edda - Thank you :)
Awesome!
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Incredible.
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We read this book growing up. It was good to listen to it.
The Narrator is great!
I love this book. Finally! Correct Pronunciation
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Better than Neil Gaimans version.
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As is said at the start of the book, there are many things within that convey aspects of life long ago which do not fit in today’s world (horrifying sexism and widespread slavery, for starters), however despite moments of disgust at what had been casually written, I am very glad to now have a greater appreciation and some shred of understanding of these old Norse poems, thanks to this book.
Fascinating!
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Well explained and narrated.
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might be of interest to academics
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