A Glance at the Scandinavian Scene

    General Overview
  • Davidson, H.R. Ellis. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. Baltimore: Penguin, 1964.
  • Jones, Gwyn. A History of the Vikings. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1973.
  • Einarsson, Stefan. A History of Icelandic Literature. New York: Johns Hopkins P, 1957.
  • Haugen, Einar. The Scandinavian Languages: An Introduction to Their History. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1976.
    "Eddic" Poetry
  • Poems of the Vikings: The Elder Edda. Transl Patricia Terry. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merril, 1969.
  • [The Elder Edda] The poetic Edda translated from the Icelandic with an Introduction and Notes. Henry Adams Bellows. New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1957.
  • The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson [1179-1241] translated from the Islandic with an introduction. Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur. New York: American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1967.
    "Scaldic" Poetry
  • Turville-Petre, E.O.G. Scaldic Poetry. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1976.
    Sagas of "Antiquity"
  • The Saga of the Volsungs: the Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer. Trans. Jesse L. Byock, Berkeley: U of California P, 1990.
    Icelandic (mostly Family) Sagas
  • Njal's Saga. Trans. Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson. Baltimore: Penguin, 1960.
  • Laxdaela Saga. Trans. Hermann Palsson. Baltimore: Penguin, 1965.
  • Eric the Red and Other Icelandic Sagas. Selected and trans. Gwyn Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 1961.
  • The Saga of Grettir the Strong. Trans. G.A. Hight. New York: Dutton, 1965.
  • King Harald's Saga. Trans. Hermann Palsson. Baltimore: Penguin, 1966.

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