LEADER 04191nam 2200637 450 001 9910460266803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5679-4 010 $a1-4426-3348-4 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442656796 035 $a(CKB)3710000000433158 035 $a(EBL)3432119 035 $a(OCoLC)929153341 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669545 035 $a(CEL)449955 035 $a(OCoLC)918589067 035 $a(CaBNVSL)kck00235809 035 $a(DE-B1597)465749 035 $a(OCoLC)944178673 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442656796 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669545 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256077 035 $a(OCoLC)958514167 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000433158 100 $a20160920h19711971 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Nibelungenlied $ea literary analysis /$fHugo Bekker 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1971. 210 4$dİ1971 215 $a1 online resource (196 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aEnglish or German. 311 $a1-4426-5180-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- $tCONTENTS -- $tINTRODUCTION -- $t1. Gems, clothes, festivities -- $t2. Huns and Burgundians -- $t3. Kriemhild -- $t4. Brunhild: the kingship motif -- $t5. Brunhild: the Eigenmann motif -- $t6. Siegfried -- $t7. Hagen in relation to Siegfried -- $t8. Hagen in relation to minor characters -- $t9. Conclusion: structural devices and their consequences -- $tAbbreviations -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aNibelungenlied 606 $aEpic poetry, German$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMythology, Germanic, in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNibelungenlied. 615 0$aEpic poetry, German$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMythology, Germanic, in literature. 676 $a831/.2 700 $aBekker$b Hugo$f1925-$0882507 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460266803321 996 $aThe Nibelungenlied$92014786 997 $aUNINA