In Libreria
Sinossi
A cura di Piergiuseppe Scardigli
Anonima, approdata sulla pergamena alla fine del XIII secolo dopo un periodo imprecisabile di tradizione orale, la raccolta del Canzoniere eddico narra eventi divini e umani, miti ed eroi dell’antica Islanda. La rivali-tà, l’inganno, la vendetta, la sofferenza, l’eroismo, l’ineluttabilità del destino sono i temi ricorrenti che ne evidenziano il carattere formativo-didascalico. Poesia sempre rinata grazie all’attività di cantori che improvvisavano davanti all’uditorio, quello che troviamo in queste pagine è il prodotto ultimo di una tradizione da secoli in cammino, che aveva accompagnato decine di generazioni di uomini nelle loro migrazioni.
- ISBN: 8811366429
- Casa Editrice: Garzanti
- Pagine: 400
Recensioni
PLEASE NOTE: Due to poor organization of translations on this website, I must note that this is a review of Andy Orchard's translation of the "Poetic Edda", which he has titled "The Elder Edda: A Book of Viking Lore". Being familiar with Andy Orchard's handbook on Norse mythology ("Dictionary of Nor Leggi tutto
What I love the most about Norse literature and mythology is that the gods are all incredibly... for the lack of a better word, human . They suffer, they lust, they love, and they even seem to be quite mortal as far as gods go. The Elder (or Poetic) Edda is a collection of 'poems' found in an ancient Leggi tutto
famous for being one of the earliest plagiarisms of professor Tolkien's LotR.
"Wits are needful for someone who travels widely,anything will do at home;he becomes a laughing-stock, the man who knows nothingand sits among the wise." - Hávamál Arguably the greatest mythological masterpiece human civilisation has achieved, in my mind. But I'm biased for a variety of reasons; from Leggi tutto
Based on my limited knowledge, Dr Crawford seems to have done an excellent job with the material. An important read for anyone interested in primary sources on Norse mythology. The stories themselves are long on plot, short on character development.
The Poetic Edda is not a book you read from beginning to end like a novel. The Poetic Edda contains 35 poems, some of which are very complicated. I usually read and study one or a few poems at a time, put the book aside, and then get back to it later. But the more times I read the poems, the more I
Why do you sit, why do you sleep away your life? Esta pergunta de Gudrun, uma Medeia nórdica, tem uma resposta fácil. As personagens, quando não estão a beber cerveja, estão a morrer ou a receber notícias da sua morte. Entre deuses, runas, cervejas, anéis, dragões, anões e gigantes, está o homem, e n Leggi tutto
Then Brynhild laughed - all the hall resounded - / just one time with all her heart: / 'Well may you enjoy the lands and followers / now you've brought the brave prince to his death' Collected in the 13th century in the Codex Regius, the body of poetry here straddles Old Norse myth and heroic poetry Leggi tutto
The introduction states that the Edda is "a repository, in poetic form" of mythology and heroic lore "bodying forth both the ethical views and the cultural life of the North during the late heathen and early Christian times." It is also, for the most part, boring as fuck. It may be an interesting re Leggi tutto
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