The Nibelungenlied: Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Meter of the Original - Couverture souple

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Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1598189158 ISBN 13 : 9781598189155

Editeur : Alan Rodgers Books, 2006

Synopsis

Quoth the translator, "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." George Henry Needler attempted not just to transliterate the original, but to reproduce its poetic form in modern English; the result is a fine, fine thing, and well worth examination.

This particular translation is from an edition published as The Nibelungenlied in 1909. The translation is engaging and fairly modern English prose: it opens "Full many a wonder is told us in stories old, of heroes worthy of praise, of hardships dire, of joy and feasting, of the fighting of bold warriors, of weeping and of wailing; now ye may hear wonders told. . . ."

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The Nibelungenlied is based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs (the "Nibelungensaga"), which include oral traditions and reports based on historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alan Rodgers Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1598189158
• ISBN 13: 9781598189155
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 380
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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