Stories and Ballads of the Far Past - Primary Source Edition


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Stories and Ballads of the Far Past


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Stories and Ballads of the Far Past (1921)


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Stories and Ballads of the Far Past


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"Stories and Ballads of the Far Past" is a collection of Norse sagas and ballades translated from Icelandic and Faroese with extensive explanations and notes. Contents: Sagas The Tháttr of Nornagest The Tháttr of Sörli The Saga of Hromund Greipsson The Saga of Hervör and Heithrek The Combat at Samsø and Hjalmar's Death Song Ballads Gríplur I The Faroese Ballad of Nornagest The Faroese Ballad of Hjalmar and Angantyr The Danish Ballad of Angelfyr and Helmer The Faroese Ballad of Arngrim's Sons The Faroese Riddle Ballad (Gátu Ríma) The Shetland Ballad of Hildina




Stories and Ballads of the Far Past


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"Stories and Ballads of the Far Past" by Nora K. Chadwick. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.




Stories and Ballads of the Far Past


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Book Excerpt: .][Footnote 18: Bugge's edition of the Saemundar Edda, p. 352 ff.; also Ker, Epic and Romance, p. 114 etc.; Vigfússon and Powell, Corpus Poeticum Boreale (Oxford, 1883), Vol. I, p. 501 ff.][Footnote 19: C. P. B., Vol. I, pp. 175 and 501 ff.][Footnote 20: C. P. B., Vol. I, p. 502 ff.][Footnote 21: Always, however, with the proviso that, owing to the avowed literary origin of many of them, the Faroese ballads to some extent form a class by themselves; cf. General Introduction to Part II, p. 166 below.][Footnote 22: Cf. Chadwick, The Heroic Age (Cambridge, 1912), p. 95.][Footnote 23: Cf. the Introduction to the Saga of Hervör and Heithrek, p. 81 f. below.][Footnote 24: Copenhagen, 1901.]INTRODUCTION TO THE THÁTTR OF NORNAGESTThis story occurs as an episode in the long Saga of Olaf Tryggvason--to be distinguished from the shorter Saga of Olaf TRead More




Ballads Old and New... - Primary Source Edition


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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.




Old Ballads, from Early Printed Copies of the Utmost Rarity


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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Old Ballads, From Early Printed Copies Of The Utmost Rarity: Now For The First Time Collected; Volume 1 Of Early English Poetry, Ballads, And Popular Literature Of The Middle Ages Percy Society John Payne Collier Printed for the Percy Society by C. Richards, 1840 Ballads, English




Ballads


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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Ballads: Romantic, Fantastical, And Humorous William Harrison Ainsworth, James Crichton Sir John Gilbert G. Routledge & co., 1855 History; General; History / General; Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh