The Song of the Nibelungs (Medieval Literature Classic)
The Song of the Nibelungs (Medieval Literature Classic)

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2020-12-17

Total Pages: 409

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The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries. The poem is split into two parts: in the first part, Siegfried comes to Worms to acquire the hand of the Burgundian princess Kriemhild from her brother King Gunther. Gunther agrees to let Siegfried marry Kriemhild if Siegfried helps Gunther acquire the warrior-queen Brünhild as his wife. Siegfried does this and marries Kriemhild; however Brünhild and Kriemhild become rivals, leading eventually to Siegfried's murder by the Burgundian vassal Hagen with Gunther's involvement. In the second part, the widow Kriemhild is married to Etzel, king of the Huns. She later invites her brother and his court to visit Etzel's kingdom intending to kill Hagen. Her revenge results in the death of all the Burgundians who came to Etzel's court as well as the destruction of Etzel's kingdom and the death of Kriemhild herself. The Nibelungenlied was the first heroic epic put into writing in Germany, helping to found a larger genre of written heroic poetry.

Song of the Nibelungs
Song of the Nibelungs

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Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-01-08

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780300125986

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It portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians, in a military conflict with the Huns and their king."--Jacket.

The Song of the Nibelungs
The Song of the Nibelungs

Author: Frank G. Ryder

Publisher: Wayne State University Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780814311929

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The first translation into English of this monumental epic in over forty years. Written around the year 1200 by an unknown Middle High German poet, probably an Austrian knight-cleric, The Song of the Nibelungs is composed of thirty-nine adventures and is divided into two major parts. Two great complexes of epic action are joined together: the life and death of Sigfrid, his glory, fault, and betrayal, and the massive destruction of those who betrayed him, engineered by Kriemhild, Sigfrid's wife. The translator has reproduced the principal characteristics of style and language, in a verse form approximating that of the original. This modern translation, with its naturalness of language, will appeal to the general reader and scholar alike.

The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied

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Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2004-08-26

Total Pages: 711

ISBN-13: 0141920475

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Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy, by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring.

The Nibelungenlied
The Nibelungenlied

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Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1624666779

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Filled with portrayals of deception, love, murder, and revenge—yet defying traditional medieval epic conventions for representing character—the Nibelungenlied is the greatest and most unique epic in Middle High German. The Klage, its consistent companion text in the manuscript tradition, continues the story, detailing the devastating aftermath of the Burgundians' bloody slaughter. William Whobrey's new volume offers both—together for the first time in English—in a prose version informed by recent scholarship that brilliantly conveys to modern readers not only the sense but also the tenor of the originals.

Rules for the Endgame
Rules for the Endgame

Author: Jan-Dirk Müller

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2007-11-19

Total Pages: 596

ISBN-13: 9780801887024

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This groundbreaking interpretation offers a new approach to the reading of medieval literature and revolutionizes the study of the Nibelungenlied itself--providing a richer understanding of the work's significance both in its era and for our own.

The Stanzaic Morte
The Stanzaic Morte

Author: Sharon Kahn

Publisher:

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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German Literature of the High Middle Ages
German Literature of the High Middle Ages

Author: Will Hasty

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1571131736

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New essays on the first flowering of German literature, in the High Middle Ages and especially during the period 1180-1230.

The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript
The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript

Author: Malcolm Andrew

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780520046313

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This third edition of The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript has been newly revised and updated, taking account of some of the more important textual and interpretative notes and articles published on the poems since the appearance of the first edition in 1978.