The Penguin Book of Norse Myths Kevin Crossley-Holland

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The Penguin Book of Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland

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Dramatic, compelling and comprehensive, this title retells the great cycle of Norse myths for the modern reader.

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths Summary

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland

'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began'

The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories.

The Penguin Book of the Norse Myths compellingly retells these stories for the modern reader, taking us from the creation of the world through the building of Asgard's Wall to the final end in Ragnarok. You'll discover how Thor got his hammer and how Odin lost his eye, the terrible price of binding the wolf Fenrir and why Loki the trickster can never be trusted.

The Norse myths are as thrilling to read as they are of vast cultural and historical importance. In this gripping book Kevin Crossley-Holland brings alive the passion, cruelty and heroism of these unforgettable stories.

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths Reviews

A collection of dramatic, moving, intricately structured stories ... a scholarly survey and compendium of Norse mythology ... a sustained poem distinguished by the icy precision of its language * The Times Educational Supplement *
Stately or bucolic, heroic or comic, romantic or gross, horrific or gentle, deeply ironic or deeply moving, the myths here retold yield up their mood and substance * The Times Literary Supplement *

About Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland is an eminent poet, translator and prize-winning children's author. His translations of Old English poetry are brought together in The Anglo-Saxon World, and he has also translated The Exeter Book Riddles for Penguin Classics. Among his many publications are eight volumes of poetry, various anthologies, including The Oxford Book of Travel Verse and Folk Tales of the British Isles, as well as two operas, a play and a memoir. He was previously Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds, editorial director of Victor Gollancz, Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture for the Tufts University London program, Fulbright Visiting Scholar at St Olaf College and Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of St Thomas. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and lives in Norfolk.

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Sku

GOR005123784

ISBN 13

9780241953211

ISBN 10

0241953219

Title

The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Author

Kevin Crossley-Holland

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

2011-04-07

Number of pages

320

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N/A

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