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" The Nibelungenlied : "
translated with an introduction and notes by Cyril Edwards.
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BL
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997847
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b752217
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| Uniform Title
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Nibelungenlied.English.
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| Title & Author
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The Nibelungenlied : : the lay of the Nibelungs /\ translated with an introduction and notes by Cyril Edwards.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford [England] ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, ©2010.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford world's classics
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xxxvi, 244 pages :: map ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0199238545
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: 9780199238545
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| Notes
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Written down by an anonymous poet c.1200.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Note on the text and translation -- Select bibliography -- Chronology -- The Nibelungenlied -- Appendix I : History and legend -- Appendix II : The Nordic sources and the problem of genesis -- Appendix III : The metre of the Nibelungenlied -- Explanatory notes -- Glossary of people and places -- A map of the Nibelungenlied.
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The greatest of the heroic epics to emerge from medieval Germany, the Nibelungenlied is a revenge saga of sweeping dimensions. It tells of the dragon-slayer Sivrit, the mysterious kingdom of the Nibelungs, a priceless treasure guarded by dwarves and giants, an Amazonian queen, fortune-telling water-sprites, and a cloak of invisibility. Driven by the conflict between Kriemhilt, the innocent maiden turned she-devil, and her antagonist, the stoic, indomitable Hagen, the story is one of love, jealousy, murder, and revenge, ending in slaughter on a horrific scale. Since its rediscovery in the eighteenth century, the Nibelungenlied has come to be regarded as the national epic of the Germans, and has inspired countless adaptations, including Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. Cyril Edwards' prose translation, the first in forty years, is more accurate and accessible and captures the poem's epic qualities. Edwards also provides an introduction that discusses the poem's historical background and its status as German national epic. The volume includes an up-to-date bibliography, invaluable notes, a map, and a list of people and places. - Publisher.
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Nibelungenlied
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Epic poetry, German, Translations into English.
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Nibelungen, Poetry.
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Epic poetry, German.
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Nibelungen.
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Nibelungenlied.
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| Dewey Classification
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831/.21
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PT1579.A3E38 2010
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830Bsdnb
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Edwards, Cyril W.
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| Parallel Title
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Lay of the Nibelungs
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