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1. Revisiting the Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Heroic Legend

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Routledge Medieval Casebooks

   Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable...

   Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Poetic Edda

   Essays on Old Norse Mythology

   Edited by Paul Acker, Carolyne Larrington

   Series: Garland Medieval Casebooks

   This collection of applies significant critical approaches to the mythological poetry of the Poetic Edda, a principal source for Old Norse cosmography and the legends of Odin, Loki, and Thor. It also provides useful introductions that sketch the critical history of the Eddas. By applying new...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
3. Women and Writing in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook

   By Carolyne Larrington

   Carolyne Larrington has gathered together a uniquely comprehensive collection of writing by, for and about medieval women, spanning one thousand years and Europe from Iceland to Byzantiu. The extracts are arranged thematically, dealing with the central areas of medieval women's lives and their...

   Published May 24th 1995 by Routledge