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The Nibelungenlied: Prose Translation (Penguin Classics) Paperback - 1965
by Anonymous
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- Title The Nibelungenlied: Prose Translation (Penguin Classics)
- Author Anonymous
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 416
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Classics, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1965-04-30
- Bookseller's Inventory # ING9780140441376
- ISBN 9780140441376 / 0140441379
- Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
- Dimensions 7.78 x 5.16 x 0.99 in (19.76 x 13.11 x 2.51 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
- Cultural Region: Central Europe
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Library of Congress subjects Epic poetry, German - History and criticism
- Dewey Decimal Code 831.2
Summary
This translation of the Nibelungenlied is published with the simple purpose of placing one of the world's great epic poems within the reach of English readers. Translations are at best but poor substitutes for originals. A new translation of a poem implies also a criticism of those that have preceded it. My apology for presenting this new English version of the Nibelungenlied is that none of those hitherto made has reproduced the metrical form of the original.
First line
WE have been told in ancient tales many marvels of famous heroes, of mighty toil, joys, and high festivities, of weeping and wailing, and the fighting of bold warriors - of such things you can now hear wonders unending!
