| The Nibelungenlied, Traditional, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology Contributor(s): Traditional (Author), Needler, George Henry (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1598182625 ISBN-13: 9781598182620 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $39.85 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.53 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. . . ." |