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The Nibelungenlied

Prose Translation

Author: A. Hatto   Series: Penguin Classics

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A beautiful, skillfully crafted work of chivalric romance

"The Nibelungelied" is the principal literary expression of the heroic legends that make up Wagner's ring cycle.

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A beautiful, skillfully crafted work of chivalric romance

"The Nibelungelied" is the principal literary expression of the heroic legends that make up Wagner's ring cycle.

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A beautiful, skillfully crafted work of chivalric romanceWritten 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.

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Written around AD 1200, probably by a professional entertainer for performance at court in AustriaA.T. Hatto has translated Tristan and Eschenbach's Parzival for Penguin Classics.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd | Penguin Classics
Published
26th August 2004
Edition
1st
Pages
416
ISBN
9780140441376

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