The Skalds
Author : Lee Milton Hollander
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Old Norse poetry
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Author : Lee Milton Hollander
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,89 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Old Norse poetry
ISBN :
Author : Unknown
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2010-03
Category : 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 :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 1989
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Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,77 MB
Release : 1902
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Author : Anon E. Mouse
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : 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
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 12,84 MB
Release : 2022-05-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3375019521
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author : Rasmus Rask
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 21,55 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Old Norse language
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Author : E. Rask
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 31,20 MB
Release : 2022-06-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3375045158
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Author : Rasmus Rask
Publisher :
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 1869
Category : Icelandic and Old Norse languages
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Author : Henry Smith Williams
Publisher :
Page : 1382 pages
File Size : 41,43 MB
Release : 1926
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