Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend by Andy Orchard

Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend by Andy Orchard

With over 700 articles, this work explores a rich vein of world mythology and provides an insight into the folklore tradition that has inspired talents such as Wagner and Tolkien. Outline accounts are given of principal myths and legends, backed by extensive quotation from early Norse literature.

Andrew Orchard was born in North London in 1964, and is a sometime Scholar of both Exeter College, Oxford, and Queens' College, Cambridge. He is currently University Lecturer in the Department of Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge, where he teaches Old English, Old Norse and Insular Latin as a fellow of Emmanuel College. In addition to producing a wide range of scholarly works on the literature and learning of the medieval period, he has led walkingtours in the mountains of Iceland for a number of years. This is his third bo

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ISBN 13	9780304345205
ISBN 10	0304345202
Titre	Cassell Dictionary of Norse Mythology and Legend
Auteur	Andy Orchard
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Orion Publishing Co
Année de publication	1997-02-20
Nombre de pages	240
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