📢#OutNow in #OA: 'The #Poetic #Edda: A Dual-Language Edition' by Edward Pettit
📚 This book is an edition and translation of one of the most important and celebrated sources of #OldNorse-#Icelandic #mythology and #heroic #legend, namely the #medieval #poems now known collectively as the #PoeticEdda or #ElderEdda.
Included are thirty-six texts, which are mostly preserved in #medieval #manuscripts, especially the thirteenth-century #Icelandic #codex traditionally known as the #CodexRegius of the #PoeticEdda.
The accompanying #translations, informed by the latest scholarship, are concisely annotated to make them as accessible as possible.
As the first open-access, single-volume parallel #OldNorse edition and English translation of the #PoeticEdda, this book will prove a valuable resource for students and scholars of #OldNorse #literature.
🔗 Access this OA title for free or get your own hard copy at https://openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0308
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