The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.

Contributor:

Tolkien, Christopher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Fantasy poetry.

Physical Description:

377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.

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.

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').

ISBN:

9780547273426 :

0547273428

9780547296289

0547296282

OCLC:

310224953