The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

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  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780007317257
  • 05 mei 2009
  • 384 pagina's
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This de luxe collector’s edition features the first edition text and contains a facsimile page of Tolkien’s original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a special gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase.





This de luxe collector’s edition features the first edition text and contains a facsimile page of Tolkien’s original manuscript. The book is quarterbound with a special gold motif stamped on the front board and is presented in a matching slipcase.

“Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles The New Lay of the Völsungs and The New Lay of Gudrún.

In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of the great princes who were named the Niflungs (or Nibelungs), with whom he entered into blood-brotherhood. In that court there sprang great love but also great hate, brought about by the power of the enchantress, mother of the Niflungs, skilled in the arts of magic, of shape-changing and potions of forgetfulness.

In scenes of dramatic intensity, of confusion of identity, thwarted passion, jealousy and bitter strife, the tragedy of Sigurd and Brynhild, of Gunnar the Niflung and Gudrún his sister, 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. In the Lay of Gudrún her fate after the death of Sigurd is told, her marriage against her will to the mighty Atli, ruler of the Huns (the Attila of history), his murder of her brothers the Niflung lords, and her hideous revenge.

Deriving his version primarily from his close study of the ancient poetry of Norway and Iceland known as the Poetic Edda (and where no old poetry exists, from the later prose work the Völsunga Saga), J.R.R. Tolkien employed a verse-form of short stanzas whose lines embody in English the exacting alliterative rhythms and the concentrated energy of the poems of the Edda.”
— Christopher Tolkien

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en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
05 mei 2009
Aantal pagina's
384
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
J R R Tolkien
Tweede Auteur
Christopher Tolkien
Hoofdredacteur
Christopher Tolkien
Hoofduitgeverij
HarperCollins

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Editie
Deluxe edition
Product breedte
149 mm
Product hoogte
47 mm
Product lengte
228 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
154 mm
Verpakking hoogte
46 mm
Verpakking lengte
235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
1090 g

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9780007317257

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  • Tolkien the old Norse scholar

    J.R.R. Tolkien will forever be known for "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" with the largest part of the audience. But besides the adventures he wrote set in Middle-earth, Tolkien was a renowned scholar as well in the field of Germanic languages. His work on "Beowulf", "Ancrene Wisse" and "Sir Gawain" has been of immense value. "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" can be seen as Tolkien's hobby meeting his scholarly interest. For the broad audience, it it most likely of little interest. Christopher Tolkien's editing and explanation of old Norse poetry and the work of his father will not be everyone's cup of tea and I will not recommend this work to that kind of person. If you are however a Tolkien aficionado and want to get more and more into the late professor's head, what made him write his fantasy masterpieces, this is a valuable asset and indispensable in any Tolkien collection.

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    • Goede verhaallijn
    • Meeslepend verhaal

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    • Voorspelbaar

    Allereerst een prachtige editie, evenals de andere 5 boeken in deze uitvoering.
    Het is een mooie bewerking van de originele verhalen zoals beschreven in "The Poetic Edda" door Snorri Sturluson.
    Voor kenners van de "Edda" is het verhaal uiteraard wat voorspelbaar.

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    • Fantasierijk

    Super mooi, prachtige collectie

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  • Voor de echte Tolkien fans

    Voor dit boek moet je denk ik een echte Tolkien fan zijn. Mij boeit hij niet.

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