Old Norse Mythology is an accessible and multidisciplinary introduction to the field. It surveys the 13 most consequential Eddic poems and Snorri Sturluson’s Edda, with a text-by-text approach ...

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Iceland may not immediately come to mind as a literary hub in the way London or Paris does. Yet the small Nordic nation ...

Author Melvin Burgess is best-known for writing YA fiction, including the Carnegie Medal-winning Smack, called Junk in his native UK. His first novel for adults takes on the ultimate unreliable ...

The God of War series is all about reimagining ancient mythology. While the series originated in Greece — pitting main character Kratos against a slightly more monstrous take on Zeus, Poseidon, and ...