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Title:
The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
Author:
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2009]

©2009
Physical Description:
377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:
Tolkien's version of the great legend of Northern antiquity. In the first part, we follow the adventures of Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir, and his betrothal to the Valkyrie Brynhild. In the second, the tragedy mounts to its end in the murder of Sigurd at the hands of his blood-brothers, the suicide of Brynhild, and the despair of Gudrún.
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction. The "Elder Edda" by J.R.R. Tolkien ; Introductory notes -- Völsungakviða en nýja ("The new lay of the Völsungs") -- Commentary on Völsungakviða en nýja -- Guðrúnarkviða en nýja ("The new lay of Gudrún") -- Commentary on Guðrúnarkviða en nýja.

Völsungakviða en nýja (The new lay of the Völsungs') -- Guðrúnarkviða en nýja (The new lay of Gudrún').
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ISBN:
9780547273426

9780547296289
Format :
Book