Books by Ursula Dronke

A collection of essays on the inheritance of verse and prose from the early Norse lands. They look at how Norse literature has been influenced by the communities with whom they came into contact, and the mythological allusion in Eddic and scaldic poetry.

This new edition of mythological poems from the Poetic Edda takes the reader deep into the imagination of the Viking poets (c.1000 AD). Text and translation are set side by side. The poetry is interpreted and its qualities discussed in full introductions and commentaries for each of the poems.