{"product_id":"the-nibelungenlied-traditional-fiction-fairy-tales-folk-tales-legends-mythology-9781598182620","title":"The Nibelungenlied, Traditional, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends \u0026 Mythology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQuoth the translator, \"This translation of the Nibelungenlied is published with the simple purpose of placing one of the world's great epic poems within the reach of English readers.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e George Henry Needler attempted not just to transliterate the original, but to reproduce its poetic form in modern English; the result is a fine, fine thing and well worth examination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis particular translation is from an edition published as The Nibelungenlied in 1909. The translation is engaging and fairly modern English prose: it opens \"Full many a wonder is told us in stories old, of heroes worthy of praise, of hardships dire, of joy and feasting, of the fighting of bold warriors, of weeping and of wailing; now ye may hear wonders told. . . .\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nibelungenleid was originally written in Middle High German (M.H.G.) sometime around 1200 A.D., though the dating is by no means certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Aegypan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598182620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Traditional","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124465238197,"sku":"9781598182620","price":35.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_644cc04f-93d7-4ed1-adc0-b62d8f7e056f.jpg?v=1694552604","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-nibelungenlied-traditional-fiction-fairy-tales-folk-tales-legends-mythology-9781598182620","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}