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No 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.

Epic poetry, German. --- German poetry --- German epic poetry --- Epic poetry, German.. --- German poetry -- Middle High German, 1050-1500.

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Epic poetry, German. --- Nibelungen --- Poésie épique allemande --- -Nibelungensage --- Nibelungs --- German epic poetry --- Poésie épique allemande --- Epic poetry, German --- German poetry --- Nibelungensage --- Legends --- Poetry --- Poetry. --- Nibelungen - Poetry

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Poetry --- German literature --- German poetry --- -Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Epic poetry, German --- -German epic poetry --- History and criticism --- -History and criticism --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Spielmannsepen. (Mélanges) --- Spielmannsepen. (Versch. onderwerpen)

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Die vorliegende Studie interpretiert in vier eng miteinander verzahnten Kapiteln die Texte einer der langlebigsten Erzähltraditionen des deutschen Mittelalters und zielt auf eine Neubeschreibung der aventiurehaften Dietrichepik aus rezeptionsästhetischer Perspektive. Dabei gelangt die Arbeit zu neuen Einsichten im Bereich der narrativen Konstanten des Korpus und zeigt, wie der lang anhaltende Erfolg der Texte zu erklären ist. Die Arbeit lässt sich zugleich als Versuch verstehen auszutesten, wie ,wörtlich' man mittelalterliche Schemaliteratur eigentlich lesen darf.

Epic poetry, German. --- Violence in literature. --- German epic poetry --- German poetry --- Dietrich, --- Berne, Dietrich of --- Dietrich von Bern --- Von Bern, Dietrich --- Theodoric, --- Epic poetry, German --- Violence in literature --- Eckenlied. --- Laurin. --- Dietrich (von Bern). --- Dietrich Epic. --- Reception (Literature).

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Poetry --- Germanic literature --- Epic poetry, German --- -German poetry --- -Heldensage --- -Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- European literature --- Heroic saga --- Epic literature --- Heroes --- Legends --- Chansons de geste --- German literature --- German epic poetry --- German poetry --- History and criticism --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature. --- Heldensage. --- History and criticism. --- Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Heldensage --- Epic literature [Germanic ] --- Addresses, essays, lectures