Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader (Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series) - Softcover

Byock, Jesse L.

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9781481175265: Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader (Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series)
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ISBN 10: 1481175262 ISBN 13: 9781481175265
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader immerses the learner in the sagas, legends, runes, and myths of Vikings and Icelanders. Readings from Icelandic sagas, Viking Age runic inscriptions, and eddas take the student into the world of old Norse heroes, gods, and goddesses. Chapters on The Creation of the World and Ragnarok, the battle at the world’s end, where the gods meet their doom. Readings and maps about Viking Age Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland. Other chapters tackle eddic and skaldic verse with ancient stories from Old Scandinavia. Learn how to read runes and runic inscriptions. Where lessons contain exercises, answers given. Viking Language 1 and 2 are designed as workbooks. Students learn quickly and interactively. For more information, see our website: vikinglanguage.com

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About the Author

Jesse Byock is Distinguished Professor of Old Norse Studies in the UCLA Scandinavian Section and at UCLA’s Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and teaches Old Norse, Icelandic sagas, and Viking Archaeology. Prof. Byock directs the Mosfell Archaeological Project (MAP) in Iceland, excavating a Viking Age longhouse, harbor, and valley. He is professor at the University of Iceland (Háskóli Íslands) affiliated with the Department of History and the Program in Viking and Medieval Norse Studies. He is the author of Viking Age Iceland (Penguin Books), Feud in the Icelandic Saga (University of California Press), The Prose Edda: Norse Mythology (Penguin Books), Grettir's Saga (Oxford University Press), The Saga of the Volsungs: The Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer (Penguin Books), and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki (Penguin Books).

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"Due to the innovative and very effective methodological approach ... both volumes are especially recommended for first year students."

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2014
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1481175262
ISBN 13 
9781481175265
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
372
Rating
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