The Skalds
Author | : Lee Milton Hollander |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Old Norse poetry |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lee Milton Hollander |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Old Norse poetry |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Unknown |
Publisher | : Abela Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 189 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1907256482 |
This is the story of a poet, poor and proud, with all the strength of a Viking and all the weakness of genius. He loves a fine lady, a spoiled child; who bewitches him, and jilts him, and jilts him again. In true Viking style he fights for her, kills for her, writes verse for her, and rises, for her sake, to the height of all that a man in his age could achieve. Then, after years, he has her at his feet, and learns of her heartlessness and worthlessness. He bids her farewell; but in the end dies with her name on his lips. The motive of the book is very modern, yet at the same time as ancient as the human race itself. It is dramatic and imaginative in the sense that it is told by one who was an artist in his craft of saga-telling. The diction is of the simplest and there is no fine writing, but the plot is balanced like a Greek play and the action drives along to its close. The result is conveyed without a word of moralizing. The characters are broadly drawn, and their types are still valid today. Without needless detail, there are touches enough of realism. It reads like a novel, and yet it is a true story. 33% of the net profit will be donated to charities for educational purposes.
Author | : Lee M. Hollander |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anon E. Mouse |
Publisher | : Abela Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2019-02-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 8829587559 |
This is the story/saga of a poet, poor and proud, with all the strength of a Viking and all the weakness of genius. He loves a fine lady, a spoiled child; who bewitches him, and jilts him, and jilts him again. In true Viking style he fights for her, kills for her, writes verse for her, and rises, for her sake, to the height of all that a man in his age could achieve. Then, after years, he has her at his feet, and learns of her heartlessness and worthlessness. He bids her farewell; but in the end dies with her name on his lips. The motive of the book is very modern, yet at the same time as ancient as the human race itself. It is dramatic and imaginative in the sense that it is told by one who was an artist in his craft of saga-telling. The diction is of the simplest and there is no fine writing, but the plot is balanced like a Greek play and the action drives along to its close. The result is conveyed without a word of moralizing. The characters are broadly drawn, and their types are still valid today. Without needless detail, there are touches enough of realism. It reads like a novel, and yet it is a true story. 10% of the net profit from the sale of this book will be donated to Charities. ============== Keywords/Tags: ashore, Asmund, battle, beauty, Bersi, blood, brother, Saga of Cormac the Skald, country, Dalla, day, dead, farm, father, fell, field, fight, firth, forth, fought, glory, goddess, gold, good, great, Halldor, Harald, healed, Helga, Holmgang, horse, house, Hrutafiord, Iceland, king, lady, little, Mel, Midfiord, mother, mountains, Narfi, Norway, ocean, Odin, Ogmund, point, riding, ring, sacrifice, Saga, Saurbæ, shame, ship, shore, Skald, Skeggi, Skofnung, slaughter, son, song, Steinar, Steingerd Steinvor, summer, sword, Thambardal, Thorarin, Thord, Thordis, Thorgil, Thorkel, Thorvald, Thorvard, Thorveig, Tinker, Tongue, Tunga, Vali, valley, voyage, weapon, weapons, wedding, Whitting, woman, wounded
Author | : E. Rask |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2022-05-07 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3375012977 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1868.
Author | : Rasmus Rask |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Old Norse language |
ISBN | : |
Author | : E. Rask |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2022-06-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3375045158 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author | : Rasmus Rask |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1869 |
Genre | : Icelandic and Old Norse languages |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Krystyna Pomorska |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2015-04-28 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110862816 |
Author | : Theodore Jorgenson |
Publisher | : Ardent Media |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
A history designed for college students, the author's objective being an account sufficiently brief to offer no difficulty from the point of view of time, & yet detailed enough to be convenient as a work of reference. Considerable space is given to modern literature. "An indispensable book."--NEW REPUBLIC. "A big book on a big theme."--NEW YORK TIMES. "A real contribution."--YALE REVIEW.