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The Poetic Edda, II: Mythological Poems, ed., trans., introd., and commentary by Ursula Dronke (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997). 464 pp. ISBN 0-19-811181-9. 70.00 [pounds sterling]. The long-awaited second volume of Ursula Dronke's edition of eddic poems has now appeared. It adds six...

Ursula Dronke, ed. The Poetic Edda. Vol. 2. Mythological Poems. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. Pp. i-xiv + 443. "The purpose of this edition is literary"--Ursula Dronke announces in the Preface--"to open up for the common reader the delights of the complexities and...

In the following essay, originally published in 1952, Nordal presents an in-depth examination of the Eddic poem Völuspá (The Sibyl's Prophecy), discussing its critical and textual history, framework, content, and structure, its anonymous author, the facts of its composition, and its overall artistic merit.

In the following essay, Hallberg surveys and analyzes the various modes of metaphorical language employed in the poetry of the Elder Edda, identifying the aesthetic and thematic functions of mythological and heroic kennings, as well as examining other forms of imagery, epithet, and linguistic parallelism.

In the following essay, Linke studies the symbolic representation of female procreative power—and an instance of male appropriation of that power—in the Elder Edda.