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| nibelungenlied: Song of the Nibelungs , 2008-01-08 It portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians, in a military conflict with the Huns and their king.--Jacket. |
| nibelungenlied: A Companion to the Nibelungenlied Winder McConnell, 1998 This Companion to the Nibelungenlied draws on the expertise of scholars from Germany, Britain, and the United States to offer the reader fresh perspectives on a wide variety of topics regarding the epic: the latest theories regarding manuscript tradition, authorship, conflict, combat, and politics, the Otherworld and its inhabitants, eroticism (in both the Nibelungenlied and Wagner's Ring), the twentieth-century reception both of the Nibelungenlied and of its most intriguing protagonist, Kriemhild, key concepts used by the poet, the heroic, feudal, and courtly elements in the work, and an analysis of archetypal elements from the perspective of Jungian psychology. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied , 2010-02-11 'In ancient tales many marvels are told us ... now you may hear such marvels told!' 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, and the mysterious kingdom of the Nibelungs with its priceless treasure-hoard guarded by dwarves and giants, of Prünhilt the 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 human tragedy, of love, jealousy, murder, and revenge, ending in slaughter on a horrific scale. The work of an anonymous poet of c.1200, since its rediscovery in the eighteenth century the Nibelungenlied has come to be regarded as the national epic of the Germans. It has inspired countless reworkings and adaptations, including two masterpieces: Fritz Lang's two-part film, and Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. This is the first prose translation for over forty years: accurate and compelling, it is accompanied by a wealth of useful background information. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Today Werner A. Mueller, 2020-05 This thorough study of the moral values of the Nibelungen and of their paradoxical behavior posits the work as an indictment of a society that results time and again in collective human tragedy. Told with tragic insight, yet sympathetically, the epic may well be described as the story of man, the victim of himself. Mueller analyzes the work in three chapters, focused on substance, essence and significance, in order to make the epic poem relevant to a modern audience. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied , 2004-08-26 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. |
| nibelungenlied: Triuwe and Vriunt in the Nibelungenlied Francis G. Gentry, 1975 |
| nibelungenlied: Rules for the Endgame Jan-Dirk Müller, 2007-11-19 This groundbreaking interpretation offers a new approach to the reading of medieval literature and revolutionizes the study of the Nibelungenlied itself--providing a richer understanding of the work's significance both in its era and for our own. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Hugo Bekker, 1971-12-15 In the last fifty or so years there has been a gradual shift of attention in scholarship on the Nibelungenlied from reconstruction of the texts, and tracings of the poem’s multiple and complex antecedents, to interpretation. In spite of this trend, there is still a pressing need for a critical analysis of the Nibelungenlied as a whole that draws together its various literary qualities and examines in detail the epic’s unity, depth, and meaning. Professor Bekker’s study provides this kind of analysis. It takes a fresh approach, viewing the poem as a work of literary merit worthy to be read for its own sake. It traces the new designs which the poet brings to the Nibelungen tradition and provides detailed examinations of the main aspects of technique and structure in the epic. The approach is based on close consultation of the text, with little digression, in an attempt to guide the reader to an understanding and appreciation of the poem as the author intended it to be read. Professor Bekker points out that the poet of the Nibelungenlied does not aim at psychological character delineation and deliberately refrains from seeking to establish the various prominent figures in the epic as individuals in the modern sense of the term. Instead, they emerge as representative figures whose interrelationships, though interesting, are less important for the unity and meaning of the epic than are their common relationships to the world in which they exist. The question of personal guilt or innocence becomes irrelevant, and Professor Bekker sees the work ultimately as poetic pageant of a noble way of life and its destruction. Symbolism, imagery, parallelism, symmetry, and other structural devices all contribute to the design which expresses the nature of this noble life, and Professor Bekker’s book is a valuable guide to the complex architecture of this thirteenth-century masterpiece. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Edward Haymes, 1986 The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The Nibelungenlied is based on an oral tradition of Germanic heroic legend that has some of its origin in historic events and individuals of the 5th and 6th centuries and that spread throughout almost all of Germanic-speaking Europe. Parallels to the German poem from Scandinavia are found especially in the heroic lays of the Poetic Edda and in the Völsunga saga. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied , 2018-03-01 Filled with portrayals of deception, love, murder, and revenge—yet defying traditional medieval epic conventions for representing character—the Nibelungenlied is the greatest and most unique epic in Middle High German. The Klage, its consistent companion text in the manuscript tradition, continues the story, detailing the devastating aftermath of the Burgundians' bloody slaughter. William Whobrey's new volume offers both—together for the first time in English—in a prose version informed by recent scholarship that brilliantly conveys to modern readers not only the sense but also the tenor of the originals. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Ludwig Braunfels, 1874 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied George Henry Needler, 1905 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied , 1904 |
| nibelungenlied: A Preface to the ‘Nibelungenlied’ , 1987-06 This book aims to make available the necessary background for an informed reading of the Nibelungenlied, the twelfth-century epic perhaps best known to non-Germans from Wagner's music dramas. Two traditions of scholarly thought exist about the Nibelungenlied. The first sees the poem as a development out of German heroic legend; the second focuses on the work's location in the contemporary literary context at the end of the twelfth century. The first and older school deals with the evolution of the story over time and the question of how short heroic poems attained epic compass in the later Nibelungenlied. The second seeks to interpret the poem in terms of the new emergence of Arthurian romance around 1200. The author attempts to bridge the gap between the two contending schools, suggesting that neither approach precludes the other. Although the Nibelungenlied poet drew the story itself from earlier heroic poems, the author makes clear that the poet absorbed impulses from other types of literature as well. The book is in three parts. Part I discusses literary antecedents, tracing the development of German heroic poetry from the Migration Age on, then describing narrative practice in the twelfth century, in historical and legendary epic on the one hand and romance on the other. Part II analyzes the Nibelungenlied in its immediate literary context, addressing possible sources and narrative innovations. The author relates the story of the poem to the immediate antecedent versions of the legend that are now preserved only in the Norse Thidrek's Saga, surveys recent general interpretations, and suggests a literary-historical analysis that can plot the Nibelungenlied more accurately on the literary map of the twelfth century. Part III comprises previously untranslated texts and summaries of source materials bearing on the Nibelungenlied. |
| nibelungenlied: Das Nibelungenlied , 2006-01-01 No poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Europe as the 800-year-old Das Nibelungenlied. In the English-speaking world, however, the poem has remained little known, languishing without an adequate translation. This wonderful new translation by eminent translator Burton Raffel brings the epic poem to life in English for the first time, rendering it in verse that does full justice to the original High Middle German. His translation underscores the formal aspects of the poem and preserves its haunting beauty. Often called the German lliad, Das Nibelungenlied is a heroic epic both national in character and sweeping in scope. The poem moves inexorably from romance through tragedy to holocaust. It portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians, in a military conflict with the Huns and their King. In his foreword to the book, Michael Dirda observes the story 'could be easily updated to describe the downfall of a Mafia crime family, something like The Godfather, with swords'. The tremendous appeal of Das Nibelungenlied throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is reflected in such works as Richard Wagner's opera tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelung, Fritz Lang's two-part film Die Nibelungen, and, more recently, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. |
| nibelungenlied: Triuwe and Vriunt in the Nibelungenlied Gentry, 2023-11-27 |
| nibelungenlied: Homer and the Nibelungenlied Bernard Fenik, 1986 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Ernest Rhys, 1908 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Mrs. Mary S. Cobb, 1906 |
| nibelungenlied: A Study Guide for Anonymous's "Nibelungenlied" Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016 A Study Guide for Anonymous's Nibelungenlied, excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Epics for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Epics for Students for all of your research needs. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied and Gudrun in England and America Francis Edward Sandbach, 1903 |
| nibelungenlied: Story Telling to Children from Norse Mythology and the Nibelungenlied Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1903 A bibliography of stories for story-telling selected from Norse mythology and the Nibelungenlied, and storie connecting the Norse myths with modern times. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied , 2018-11-20 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied and Sage in Modern Poetry ... Gustav Gruener, 1896 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied. The Fall of the Nibelungers ... Translated by W. N. Lettsom. Second Edition , 1874 |
| nibelungenlied: Selections from the Nibelungenlied, ed. by H.B. Cotterill Nibelungen, 1902 |
| nibelungenlied: The fall of the Nibelungs , 1928 The Nibelungenlied is the great epic of Germany, the medieval blossom of the Teutonic legends first recorded in the Icelandic Eddas and Sagas and which later bloomed as Wagner's Ring cycle and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. It is the poem that Goethe credited with awakening the 'inner memory' of the Germanic peoples, a cultural awakening that led to the first German unification in 1871. There is no better introduction to it for the English reader than Margaret Armour's beautifully illustrated prose translation. |
| nibelungenlied: Das Nibelungenlied , 1899 |
| nibelungenlied: German Epic Poetry Francis G. Gentry, James K. Walter, 1995 This is volume 1 in The German Library in 100 Volumes. It includes a comprehensive foreword to the entire series by the general editor Volkmar Sanders. It also features the following works: The Older Lay of Hildebrand, The Nibelungenlied, The Younger Lay of Hildebrand, The Battle of Ravenna, Biterolf and Dietleib, and The Rose Garden (Version A). In many ways, German, as well as all modern Western literature, is grounded in the epic (or heroic) poetry of this seminal volume. |
| nibelungenlied: The Song of the Nibelungs Frank G. Ryder, 1982 The first translation into English of this monumental epic in over forty years. Written around the year 1200 by an unknown Middle High German poet, probably an Austrian knight-cleric, The Song of the Nibelungs is composed of thirty-nine adventures and is divided into two major parts. Two great complexes of epic action are joined together: the life and death of Sigfrid, his glory, fault, and betrayal, and the massive destruction of those who betrayed him, engineered by Kriemhild, Sigfrid's wife. The translator has reproduced the principal characteristics of style and language, in a verse form approximating that of the original. This modern translation, with its naturalness of language, will appeal to the general reader and scholar alike. |
| nibelungenlied: Classed List Princeton University. Library, 1920 |
| nibelungenlied: 3000-3999, Modern languages and literature Princeton University. Library, 1920 |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Anonymous, 2022-09-04 DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of The Nibelungenlied by Anonymous. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature. |
| nibelungenlied: The Ring of the Nibelung P. Craig Russell, 2014 The Eisner Award-winning series, finally collected in one volume, presents one of the grandest stories of Western civilisation, one of the most explosive epics in the history of comics. Giants plot against gods, who in turn tear human lovers apart, the lives of great warriors are ruined and countless people are slain in the name of love and gold. This re-telling of the Ring Cycle marks a new high point in the career of this true artist's artist, and features a lavish index of production notes, sketches and commmentaries. |
| nibelungenlied: Rules for the Endgame Jan-Dirk Müller, 2007-11-19 This groundbreaking interpretation offers a new approach to the reading of medieval literature and revolutionizes the study of the Nibelungenlied itself--providing a richer understanding of the work's significance both in its era and for our own. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Daniel Bussier Shumway, 2023-01-28 The Nibelungenlied, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied (Prose Translation) Daniel B Shumway, 2019-05-30 The Nibelungenlied (The Song of the Nibelungs) is an epic poem originally written in in Middle High German around the year 1180. It tells the story of the dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife Kriemhild's revenge. Along with the Völsunga saga, the Nibelungenlied served as source material for Richard Wagner's famous four music dramas Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), although the storyline in the Nibelungenlied is far more extensive than in Wagner's work. Based on pre-Christian Germanic heroic motifs which include ancient oral traditions (including the Norse sagas), the Nibelungenlied first appeared from the area of the Danube between Passau and Vienna, from where the oldest manuscripts originate. The epic is divided into two parts, the first dealing with the story of Siegfried and Kriemhild, the wooing of Brünhild and the death of Siegfried at the hands of Hagen, and Hagen's hiding of the Nibelung treasure in the Rhine (Chapters 1-19). The second part deals with Kriemhild's marriage to Etzel (Atilla the Hun), her plans for revenge, the journey of the Burgundians to the court of Etzel, and their last stand in Etzel's hall (Chapters 20-39). The original was written as a poem in 2,400 stanzas, divided up into 39 Aventiuren (adventures). This edition has been translated into prose format, but still accurately follows the storyline of all the Adventures. It includes a complete background introductory essay by the translator, in which the history of the surviving manuscripts and their storylines are fully explored. |
| nibelungenlied: The Nibelungenlied Daniel B. Shumway, 2023-07-11 A perfect and highly readable English prose translation of the Nibelungenlied-an epic poem which first appeared written in in Middle High German around 1100 AD, in which the story of Siegfried the dragon slayer was first told. The epic consists of two parts: first, the story of Siegfried and his wife Kriemhild; and second, of the marriage of Siegfried's widow to King Etzel (Atilla the Hun). The tale weaves through intrigue, adventure, love, death, and revenge, as Siegfried slays the dragon, but is killed by Hagen, who then hides the Nibelung treasure in the Rhine River. Kreimhild is forced to marry Etzel, but takes her revenge . . . The original epic was written in poem format in 2.400 stanzas, divided up into 39 adventures. This English translation has kept to the adventure format but reads as a conventional epic, and accurately follows the storyline of all the adventures. The Nibelungenlied later served as the inspiration for Richard Wagner's The Ring Cycle. |
| nibelungenlied: Subject Finding List Princeton University. Germanic Seminary, 1916 |
Nibelungenlied Analysis - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is rooted in two significant literary traditions: the epic and the romance. As an epic, it highlights the exploits and triumphs of various noble and admirable characters. It ...
Nibelungenlied Summary - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied begins by urging the reader to anticipate a story filled with valiant knights and intense battles. The primary setting is the land of the Burgundians, governed by three brothers ...
Nibelungenlied Essays and Criticism - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is a work which has elicited both critical acclaim and literary frustration. W. A. Mueller in The Nibelungenlied Today suggests that the Nibelungenlied "reflected the Germanic ...
Nibelungenlied Themes - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is set in a time when feudal obligations were the socio-political foundation of society. Feudalism was the dominant system in Europe from about the ninth to the thirteenth ...
Nibelungenlied Characters - eNotes.com
Analysis and discussion of characters in Anonymous, Unknown's Nibelungenlied. Siegfried. Siegfried (ZEEG-freed), the illustrious prince of Niderland, is celebrated for his remarkable …
What is the moral lesson of the Nibelungenlied? - eNotes.com
Nov 27, 2024 · The Nibelungenlied, an epic poem of German literature, is a conflation of three thirteenth-century manuscripts by an anonymous Austrian author. It tells the tale of the …
Nibelungenlied Criticism: Hagen: A Negative View - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is a “humble and religious” 83 demonstration of this “something.” Let us not forget that Kriemhild was once a charming girl who was hated by no one (3,1), who planned to ...
What is the message and social significance of the poem …
Nov 27, 2024 · The "Nibelungenlied" conveys themes of duty and chivalry through its characters, such as Siegfried, who embodies the chivalric code by properly courting and marrying …
Who are the characters in Nibelungenlied and how would you …
Nov 27, 2024 · Nibelungenlied is a German epic about the German prince Siegfried.. Here are many of the main characters: Dietrich: He is the hero of upper Germany, fiance to Herrat. …
Hagen and the Problem of Individuality in the Nibelungenlied
For many the Nibelungenlied is a Christian/courtly work, while for others it is Germanic/heroic, depending upon how many common features the epic is seen by the individual scholar to …
Nibelungenlied Analysis - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is rooted in two significant literary traditions: the epic and the romance. As an epic, it highlights the exploits and triumphs of various noble and admirable characters. It ...
Nibelungenlied Summary - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied begins by urging the reader to anticipate a story filled with valiant knights and intense battles. The primary setting is the land of the Burgundians, governed by three brothers ...
Nibelungenlied Essays and Criticism - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is a work which has elicited both critical acclaim and literary frustration. W. A. Mueller in The Nibelungenlied Today suggests that the Nibelungenlied "reflected the Germanic ...
Nibelungenlied Themes - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is set in a time when feudal obligations were the socio-political foundation of society. Feudalism was the dominant system in Europe from about the ninth to the thirteenth ...
Nibelungenlied Characters - eNotes.com
Analysis and discussion of characters in Anonymous, Unknown's Nibelungenlied. Siegfried. Siegfried (ZEEG-freed), the illustrious prince of Niderland, is celebrated for his remarkable …
What is the moral lesson of the Nibelungenlied? - eNotes.com
Nov 27, 2024 · The Nibelungenlied, an epic poem of German literature, is a conflation of three thirteenth-century manuscripts by an anonymous Austrian author. It tells the tale of the …
Nibelungenlied Criticism: Hagen: A Negative View - eNotes.com
The Nibelungenlied is a “humble and religious” 83 demonstration of this “something.” Let us not forget that Kriemhild was once a charming girl who was hated by no one (3,1), who planned to ...
What is the message and social significance of the poem …
Nov 27, 2024 · The "Nibelungenlied" conveys themes of duty and chivalry through its characters, such as Siegfried, who embodies the chivalric code by properly courting and marrying …
Who are the characters in Nibelungenlied and how would you …
Nov 27, 2024 · Nibelungenlied is a German epic about the German prince Siegfried.. Here are many of the main characters: Dietrich: He is the hero of upper Germany, fiance to Herrat. …
Hagen and the Problem of Individuality in the Nibelungenlied
For many the Nibelungenlied is a Christian/courtly work, while for others it is Germanic/heroic, depending upon how many common features the epic is seen by the individual scholar to …
