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Paperback | Pages: 404 pages

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Original Title:	Das Nibelungenlied
ISBN:	0140441379 (ISBN13: 9780140441376)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Siegfried, Kriemhild, Gunther, Hagen von Tronje, Brunhild, Gernot, Dankrat, Giselher, Ute, Etzel, Volker, Rumolt, Sindold, Hunold, Ortwein, Siegmund, Sieglind, Brunhilda, Kriemhilda, Rudiger
Setting:	Worms,436(Germany) Esztergom(Hungary)
Literary Awards:	Prêmio Jabuti for Ilustração (1994), Национална награда „Христо Г. Данов“ for Преводна художествена литература (2006)

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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.

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Title	:	The Nibelungenlied
Author	:	Unknown
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 404 pages
Published	:	August 26th 2004 by Penguin Classics (first published 1200)
Categories	:	Classics. Poetry. Fantasy. Mythology. European Literature. German Literature. Fiction. Historical. Medieval. Literature

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Newfound respect for fiddlers. But yeah -- the moral landscape of this world is as foreign terrain as any I've walked.

The Middle High German Nibelungenlied is thought to date from around 1180 to 1210 and is preserved in 35 known manuscripts. The poem probably originates from the Austrian Danube region. The poet, after much scholarly work, still remains a mystery, with theories on the poet's identity ranging from a Meister Konrad to the famous Walther von der Vogelweide.The poem seems to have been popular during the Middle Ages with the vast amount of manuscripts in existence and the story seems to have remained

Das NibelungenliedBy Anonymus Translated from Mittelhochdeutsch by Karl Simrock in 1827Existing historical locations and recordings of living persons at the time, determine the period of creation of this epic poem to between 1202 and 1204.It is the German counterpart to the Anglo-Saxon sagas of King Arthur and his knights and Chretien of Troies Lancelot tales.The geographical locations of the events stretch from Worms, the country on the river Rhine, to a northern Iceland, the castle of

As with Shakespeare's Pericles, I have a great deal of affection for the Nibelungenlied on account of the conflict in its structure. The poet (lost now) has had to wrangle together two conflicting folk traditions into a single story. His or her achievement here is subtle and remarkable.Northrop Frye says that a central trait of epic is a change of mode and subject halfway through the poem. The Odyssey, the Aeneid and Paradise Lost all switch tack in the middle: Odysseus' and Aeneas' romantic



"Following this his stalwarts were furnished with clothes lines with vari-colored squirrel.""I shall not keep this momentous news from whatever trusty followers I may have; rather shall I complain of it to my friends.""They alone die that are doomed.""Their battered shields were taken away to store, and orders were given for the bloodstained saddles (of which there were so many) to be hidden away lest the ladies me moved to tears.""I heartily regret our visit to this court.""A soldier of

I love this book so much, the characters and storyline are so absorbing. The blend and variation of French courtly romance and Germanic heroic ethic causes tension throughout the poem, with characters such as Siegfried, Hagen, Brunhild and Hildebrand representing the older heroic ethic and characters such as Gunther, Dietrich, Etzel and Ruedegar representing a new courtly ethic. kriemhild's transformation from courtly princess to heroic villain is also intriguing. Variation is also noticeable in