The Saga Of King Heidrek Wise Christopher Tolkien Harpercollins Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Modern

Christopher Tolkien’s Masterly Translation Of The Icelandic Heidrek’s Saga Including Dramatic Battle Goths And Huns Lyrical Waking Angantyr Unique Riddle-Contest Between King Heidrek God Odin Is A Medieval Entertainment – ‘Romance’ But Romance That Derives Little Its Matter From Literature France Or Germany It An Example Kind Story-Telling Was Flourishing In Iceland By Beginning Twelfth Century Which (In Contrast To More Celebrated ‘Sagas Icelanders’) Told Legendary Figures Whose Origins Lie Far Back Time Beyond Settlement Country Elements Story Diverse Age Atmosphere Are Unified Theme Possession Bearing Ancestral Curse As Passes Down Generations Saga’s Peculiar Value Lies Older Poems Unknown Author Set Into Framework His Narrative Perhaps Oldest All Northern Heroic Lays Source Many Eighteenth-Century ‘Gothic Odes’ Disguise Translated With Introduction Notes Appendices Tolkien Then Lecturer Old English At New College Oxford Wise First Published 1960 Nelson’s Texts Series Marking Tolkien\ S Centenary This Ever Paperback Edition Also Includes Original Essay \ Huns\ Bonus Chapter Σελίδες: 240 Διαστάσεις: 12 9X12 9Cm