The Poetic Edda Volume II Mythological Poems [Hardcover]

This new edition of mythological poems from thePoetic Eddatakes the reader deep into the imagination of the Viking poets (c.1000 AD). Setting text and translation side by side, Dronke provides full introductions and commentaries for each of the poems.

List of Illustrations
The Manuscripts
The Printed Text
Abbreviations
Volusp?
Rigspula
Volundarkvida
Lokasenna
Skirnism?l
all five poems divided into Contents, Text and Translation, Introduction, Commentary on the Text; Volusp? also featuring an Appendix: Baldrs Draumar Text, Translation, and Commentary; Volundarkvida also featuring an Index of Personal Names
Bibliography

...the work is a remarkable achievement, throwing new light on the background and composition of the texts examined: the comments are most instructive, and the discussions open new perspectives. An outstanding book, henceforth indispensable for all students of thePoetic Edda. --The Journal ofIndo-European Studies