LEADER 03418nam 22006374a 450 001 9910452196803321 005 20210527223633.0 010 $a1-281-73096-3 010 $a9786611730963 010 $a0-300-13142-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300131420 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472022 035 $a(EBL)3420198 035 $a(OCoLC)923590666 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000211161 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201527 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211161 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292084 035 $a(PQKB)11012072 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420198 035 $a(DE-B1597)485535 035 $a(OCoLC)1059273111 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300131420 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420198 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170889 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472022 100 $a20060216d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aDas Nibelungenlied$b[electronic resource] =$eSong of the Nibelungs /$ftranslated from the Middle High German by Burton Raffel ; foreword by Michael Dirda ; introduction by Edward R. Haymes 205 $a1 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-300-11320-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tFOREWORD --$tINTRODUCTION --$tTO THE READER --$tDAS NIBELUNGENLIED. Part 1 --$tDAS NIBELUNGENLIED. Part 2 --$tTRANSLATOR'S NOTES 330 $aNo poem in German literature is so well known and studied in Germany and 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 that 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 Nibelungen, Fritz Lang's two-part film Die Nibelungen, and, more recently, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. 517 3 $aSong of the Nibelungs 606 $aEpic poetry, German 606 $aGerman poetry$yMiddle High German, 1050-1500 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEpic poetry, German. 615 0$aGerman poetry 676 $a831/.21 701 $aRaffel$b Burton$0458832 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452196803321 996 $aDas Nibelungenlied$92447321 997 $aUNINA