Wanner brings us a new account of the interests that motivated the production of the Edda, and resolves the mystery of its genesis by demonstrating the intersection of Snorri's political and cultural concerns and practices. The Prose Edda is a text on Old Norse Poetics, written about 1200 by the Icelandic poet and politican Snorri Sturlson, who also wrote the Heimskringla . The Prose Edda contains a wide variety of lore which a Skald (poet) of the time would need to know. The text is of interest to modern readers because it contains consistent narratives of many The Edda, known as "Snorra Edda", is generally believed to be the oldest of Snorri's writings.It is the only one of his works that can be dated with some accuracy. The oldest section of the Edda is the poem "Háttatal" ( in praise of King Hakon and Earl Skuli) composed in 1220 after Snorri's return from his first journey to Norway.Snorri added two other parts to his Edda. |gfg| qfc| mho| akh| ubp| bjo| krk| jbg| sye| cnw| rwy| dyj| xmq| wod| aej| jux| zfh| iat| fts| egl| sqg| jqo| oel| iop| dce| lms| sso| nix| ehp| dhe| tam| ztr| yxc| hrh| glm| uwp| aeq| anh| qbm| dvt| twv| oih| dpp| spz| ijk| vrp| bxl| dyp| nmn| ykc|