{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-wolfings-by-william-morris-and-eirikr-magnusson-hardcover","title":"The House of the Wolfings, by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first of William Morris's great fantastic romances is a translation of the old Norse saga, The House of the Wolfings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOf this tale, The Encyclodedia of Fantasy wrote: \"The first step toward the characteristic large-scale fantasies which have had such influence on the genre . . . is The House of the Wolfings. Here the setting is quasi-historical: a European Saxon community is resisting the decadent advances of late Imperial Rome. The romantic-supernatural story contains a large admixture of verse.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndeed, Morris's chief contribution to the book is his beautiful prose and poetry, for his version of the story is actually a collaboration with Norse scholar Eirikr Magnusson, who provided a literal translation of the original text, which Morris then reset as prose and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMorris's version of The House of the Wolfings has influenced generations of writers, including J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and countless hundreds more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184449061073,"sku":"9781587156434","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781587156434_FC.jpg?v=1784068964","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/the-house-of-the-wolfings-by-william-morris-and-eirikr-magnusson-hardcover","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}