Description
| Product ID: | 9781624666346 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Hackett Classics |
| Title: | The Saga of the Volsungs |
| Subtitle: | With the Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas), Norse religion and mythology, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Sagas, Norse religion & mythology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering of two of the greatest sagas of Old Norse literature. Together the two sagas recount the story of seven generations of a single legendary heroic family and comprise our best source of traditional lore about its members—including, among others, the dragon-slayer Sigurd, Brynhild the Valkyrie, and the Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok. |
| Imprint Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Hackett Publishing Co, Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-07-31 |