The Nibelungenlied

by A. Hatto (Translator)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780141920474
Publisher:	Penguin UK
Publication date:	08/26/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	994,073
File size:	721 KB

About the Author

Written around AD 1200, probably by a professional entertainer for performance at court in Austria


A.T. Hatto has translated Tristan and Eschenbach's Parzival for Penguin Classics.