The Nibelungenlied

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. New Download eBook The Nibelungenlied Author Unknown – kino-fada.fr How bad do you want your epics to be Do you want someone to hit someone else so hard that the plains shake and gouts of red fire shoot from the impact How about someone throwing a boulder 20 fathoms and then leaping just as far And, if you don t, what s wrong with you This book epic lay is amazingly over the top, and at the same time is one of the greatest examples of medieval literature that has not been lost to antiquity Any one who has read and enjoyed Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Aelfric How bad do you want your epics to be Do you want someone to hit someone else so hard that the plains shake and gouts of red fire shoot from the impact How about someone throwing a boulder 20 fathoms and then leaping just as far And, if you don t, what s wrong with you This book epic lay is amazingly over the top, and at the same time is one of the greatest examples of medieval literature that has not been lost to antiquity Any one who has read and enjoyed Beowulf, Canterbury Tales, Aelfric s sa...Because we all need some kick ass medieval literature in our lives.Massacre upon Massacre3 August 2016 Dusseldorf Well, maybe it isn t the case that the entire book is about people being slaughtered, but when you reach the end it certainly feels like it, with the last quarter of the story involving a huge revenge slaughter in the Hungarian king s home In fact it appears as if, with the exception of a couple of people, nobody actually comes out of this story on top and the thing is that other than being a bit of a pompous git, Siegfried didn t do anything w Massacre upon Massacre3 August 2016 Dusseldorf Well, maybe it isn t the case that the entire book is about people being slaughtered, but when you reach the end it certainly feels like it, with the last quart...This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here Siegfried is murdered.Oops, did I spoil the whole story for you Well, too bad, because the poet himself spoils it within the first three pages.I m all for classics, what with being a major in English literature and all I mean, what else am I going to do with my degree than work a job totally unrelated to my field of study whilst crying myself to sleep every night using my now defunct Norton Anthology as a pillow Granted, this epic po...As with Shakespeare s Pericles, I have a great deal of affection for the Nibelungenlied on account of the conflict in its structure The poet lost now has had to wrangle together two conflicting folk traditions into a single story His or her achievement here is subtle and remarkable.Northrop Frye says that ...As is probably true of many if not most readers of this work, I explored it primarily because of my interest in and enjoyment of Richard Wagner s great four opera work,Der Ring des Nibelungen I wished to read what was clearly part of his source material for the libretto and plot he created, and I wanted to see how closely the one work corresponded with the other.Written in Middle High German around 1200 CE, the legends comprising the written work reach back much farther into the past Its them As is probably true of many if not most readers of this work, I explored it primarily because of my interest in and enjoyment of Richard Wagner s great four opera work,Der Ring des Nibelungen I wished to read what was clearly part of his source material for the libretto and plot he created, and I wanted to see how closely the one work corresponded with the other.Written in Middle High German around 1200 CE, the legends comprising the written work reach back much farther into the past Its themes are tragedy and fate, inevitable retribution for misdeeds, the struggles of good and evil Many manuscripts exist, differing among themselves Of the 35 copies of the manuscript that are known to exist, many are fragmentary The manuscript considered most complete and reliable is the one translated here Long forgotten, this current text was rediscovered in the mid 18th ce...Das Nibelungenlied ist es auf jeden Fall wert gelesen zu werden, vor allem, wenn man die Bestandteile auf das, was sie sind herunterbricht Aus heutiger Sicht wirkte es auf mich an manchen Punkten wie Comedy Wer mitspielt Siegfried Superstar und K nigssohn aus Xanten, der so wunderwunderwundersch n ist, das es niemand glauben kann Und nat rlich auch super stark Ute Muddi von den Burgunden Gunther Ihr Sohn, der auch sch n ist aber nur wunderwundersch n Gernot Sohn Nr 2Gieselher S...I love this book so much, the characters and storyline are so absorbing The blend and variation of French courtly romance and Germanic heroic ethic causes tension throughout the poem, with characters such as Siegfried, Hagen, Brunhild and Hildebrand representing the older heroic ethic and characters such as Gunther, Dietrich, Etzel and Ruedegar representing a new courtly ethic kriemhild s transformation from courtly princess to heroic villain is also intriguing Variation is also noticeable in I love this book so much, the characters and storyline are so absorbing The blend and variation of French courtly romance and Germanic heroic ethic causes tension throughout the poem, with characters such as Siegfried, Hagen, Brunhild and Hildebrand representing the older heroic ethic and characters such as Gunther, Dietrich, Etzel and Ruedegar representing a new courtly ethic kriemhild s transformation from courtly princess to heroic villain is also intriguing Variation is also noticeable in scenic descriptions of courtly jousts, courtship, feasts and clothing descriptions and then scenes from an older heroic world such as Siegfried s dragon slaying episode, Hagen s slaying of the water sprites, the traditional Germanic bridal quest and the catastrophic last battle The language also constantly alternates between courtly words like Ritter knight...Relectura agosto 2016 Tengo tantos motivos para amar este libro como para odiarlo, as que ser breveCantar de los Nibelungossigue la historia de un linaje el de la corte de Worms, situada en Burgundia a partir de la entrada de Sigfrido en l y hasta el final del mismo Son unos cuantos a os de tragedias, malentendidos, traiciones, rencores y, por supuesto, varios olvidos y o equ vocos del compositor Lo bueno Presenta unos cuantos personajes interesantes los femeninos, sob...The Middle High German Nibelungenlied is thought to date from around 1180 to 1210 and is preserved in 35 known manuscripts The poem probably originates from the Austrian Danube region The poet, after much scholarly work, still remains a mystery, with theories on the poet s identity ranging from a Meister Konrad to the famous Walther von der Vogelweide.The poem seem...

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• 03 January 2017
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• The Nibelungenlied