The Prose Edda is the most renowned of all works of Scandinavian literature and our most extensive source for Norse mythology. Written in Iceland a century after the close of the Viking Age, it tells ancient stories of the Norse creation epic and recounts the battles that follow as gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for survival. It also preserves the oral memory of heroe...(展开全部)

Young were the years when Ymir made his settlement, there was no sand nor sea nor cool waves; earth was nowhere nor the sky above, chaos yawned, grass was there nowhere. The sun turns black, earth sinks into the sea, the bright stars vanish from the sky; steam rises up in the conflagration, a high flame plays against heaven itself. Seeress's Prophecy 3, 57 The collection of Nor...(展开全部)

Young were the years when Ymir made his settlement, there was no sand nor sea nor cool waves; earth was nowhere nor the sky above, chaos yawned, grass was there nowhere. The sun turns black, earth sinks into the sea, the bright stars vanish from the sky; steam rises up in the conflagration, a high flame plays against heaven itself. Seeress's Prophecy 3, 57 The collection of Nor...(展开全部)

The greatest source of knowledge of Viking lore. The mythology surrounding ancient Norse gods and heroes has inspired countless writers and artists, including Tennyson, Wagner, William Morris, Tolkien, Borges, and Auden. Compiled by an unknown scribe in Iceland around 1270 and based on sources dating back centuries earlier, these poems tell of the heroic deeds of gods and ...(展开全部)

The Complete Prose of Woody Allen is a collection of fifty-two pieces of hilarious writing which firmly establish the author in the tradition of Groucho Marx and James Thurber. Woody Allen's prose displays his versatility and virtuosity with the written word, and his special brand of humour. "If Allen had lived in Augustan England scholars would now be considering him alongside...(展开全部)

The Complete Prose of Woody Allen is a collection of fifty-two pieces of hilarious writing which firmly establish the author in the tradition of Groucho Marx and James Thurber. Woody Allen's prose displays his versatility and virtuosity with the written word, and his special brand of humour. "If Allen had lived in Augustan England scholars would now be considering him alongside...(展开全部)

This is the first collection of Robert Lowell's poetry which reveals a writer of unmistakeable brilliance who has a profound insight into the human condition.

¯ 作者简介 罗伯特·洛威尔 （Robert Lowell，1917—1977） 美国著名诗人、散文家、翻译家，自白派诗歌的创始人和代表，美国第六任桂冠诗人。1917年生于波士顿，1935年入哈佛大学，1937年转入肯庸学院，求学于新批评大师兰塞姆，开始致力于“形式工整而内容艰深”的诗歌创作，后转向自由诗体。代表作有诗集《威利爵爷的城堡》《生活研究》《海豚》等，文集《臭鼬的时光：罗伯特·洛威尔文集》等。获美国国家图书奖、普利策奖、美国国家书评人协会奖等多种文学大奖。影响了沃尔科特、希尼、米沃什、布罗茨基等诺贝尔文学奖得主，以及毕肖普、普拉斯、安妮·塞克斯顿、默温等在内的多位同代及后辈诗人。被誉为“他那一代z 好的美国诗人”“时代的诗人历史学家”。 ¯ 译者简介 程佳 暨南大学外国语学院教师、英国班戈大学R.S.托马斯研究中心访问学者，主要译著有“洛威...(展开全部)