Favorite Period Books
J. Michael Shew
jshewkc at pei.edu
Thu Jun 12 13:10:47 PDT 1997
Okay, de-lurking.....
Sitting right here in my studio is a stack of books, (Tried
keeping them on the shelf, but I keep pulling them off:
Introduction to Old Norse, E.V.Gordon
In Search of the Dark Ages, Michael Woods
Hiemskringla, Snorri Sturlusson, One translated into English, One
in old Norse
The Translated Poetic Edda, Lee Hollander
The Art of the Illuminated Manuscript, J. O. Westwood
The Pelican Shakespeare
The Oxford Book of Middle English verse
Beowulf, Untranslated
The Plays of Aristophanies, Fitts
The Viking Achievement, Foote
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
How the Irish shaved Civilization
Irish Literary History.
The rest of the library gets a little less use.
Mikal, Re-lurking
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Mikal the Ram; an annoying Bard of no redeeming qualities
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High up in Asgard Loki was hiding
Watching the gods and all of their works
Planning his mischief a master of tricks
And watching Thor's hall he noticed Sif's hair
(Loki et Sif,JOHNSAGA)
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