Nibelungenlied Song of the Nibelungs

Name: Nibelungenlied Song of the Nibelungs
Price: 15.22 USD
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ISBN: 9780300125986

ISBN-10: 0300125984

ISBN-13: 9780300125986

Edition: 2008

Authors: Burton Raffel, Michael Dirda, Edward R. Haymes

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No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and Europe as the 800-year-oldDas Nibelungenlied. In the English-speaking world, however, the poem has remained little known, languishing without an adequate translation. This wonderful new translation by eminent translator Burton Raffel brings the epic poem to life in English for the first time, rendering it in verse that does full justice to the original High Middle German. His translation underscores the formal aspects of the poem and preserves its haunting beauty. Often called the Germanlliad,Das Nibelungenliedis a heroic epic both national in character and sweeping in scope. The poem moves inexorably from romance…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 1/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.93" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English