Author: Francis Edward Sandbach

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Published: 2015-07-13

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9781331305613

Excerpt from The Nibelungenlied and Gudrun in England and America For the matter of these introductory sections I am indebted to the recognised editions and to the works mentioned in the bibliographies and text; the chief sources for the rest of the work were, of course, the catalogues of the British Museum, the Cambridge University Library, the Bodleian Library, and the Taylor Institution, Oxford. The publishers catalogues, the Annual American Catalogue, indexes of periodicals, and the chief bibliographical works have also been searched, and some material has been found by examining large numbers of books with such promising titles as those mentioned in the Appendix. The references to the Nibelungen and Gudrun sagas in Anglo-Saxon and Middle English literature are, except where otherwise stated, mentioned, but not discussed, in G. Binz's Zeugnisse zur germanischen Sage in England (P.B.B., xx. 190 ff.), an article concerned mainly with the occurrence in England of names taken from the old sagas. In conclusion, I must express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Breul and Professor Fiedler for their valuable suggestions and encouraging interest. To the former I am especially indebted for suggesting the subject, and to the latter for his kindness in reading the proofs. Francis E. Sandbach. The University, Birmingham, May 16, 1903. P.S. - This work would have been issued in December 1903 but for the fire at Messrs. Leighton, s, in which the entire stock was destroyed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.