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Seven Viking Romances by Hermann Palsson

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Seven Viking Romances

Hermann Palsson, Paul Edwards, Hermann Pálsson

Penguin Publishing Group · Paperback · January 7, 1986

Reading lane: Scandinavian Literary Collections

Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances.

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Good for readers interested in romanceGood for readers who enjoy Scandinavian Literary Collections and Norse Myths.Great for readers who want relationship-centered stories.

Book Details

Authors
Hermann Palsson, Paul Edwards, Hermann Pálsson
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
January 7, 1986
Format
Paperback
Theme
Scandinavian Literary Collections · Norse Myths
Reading lane
Scandinavian Literary Collections

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Publisher Categories

  • Short Story Collections

  • Viking Romance

About This Book

Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances—as in...

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Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances—as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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