The Nibelungenlied: The Lay of the Nibelungs

ISBN-13: 9780199238545 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 288 str.

Cyril Edwards

Opis

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, the mysterious kingdom of the Nibelungs, a priceless treasure guarded by dwarves and giants, an 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 love, jealousy, murder, and revenge, ending in slaughter on a horrific scale. Since its rediscovery in the eighteenth century, the Nibelungenlied has come to be regarded as the national epic of the Germans, and has inspired countless adaptations, including Richard Wagner's Ring cycle. Cyril Edwards' prose translation, the first in forty years, is more accurate and accessible and captures the poem's epic qualities. Edwards also provides an introduction that discusses the poem's historical background and its status as German national epic. The volume includes an up-to-date bibliography, invaluable notes, a map, and a list of people and places.
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Recenzje

It makes for glorious reading. Yann Martell, 'What is Stephen Harper Reading?'

O autorze

Cyril Edwards is a Lecturer in German at St Peter's College, Oxforrd, a Senior Research Fellow of Oxford's Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, and an Honorary Research Fellow of University College London. He has published widely on the medieval lyric, Old High German, and the supernatural in medieval literature. His translations include Parzival and Titurel for Oxford World's Classics and Hartmann von Aue's Iwein or the Knight with the Lion.