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The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún
- Title
- The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Publication
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Tolkien, Christopher.
- Description
- 377 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- 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.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fantasy poetry.
- 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').
- Call Number
- JFD 09-1976
- ISBN
- 9780547273426
- 0547273428
- 9780547296289 (deluxe)
- 0547296282 (deluxe)
- LCCN
- 2009007552
- OCLC
- 310224953
- Author
- Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
- Title
- The legend of Sigurd and Gudrún / J.R.R. Tolkien ; edited by Christopher Tolkien.
- Imprint
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
- Added Author
- Tolkien, Christopher.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 09-1976