Product code: Das Nibelungenlied: Song of the Nieblungs, Burton store Raffel translation, NEW UNUSED
DAS NIBELUNGENLIED: Song of the Nibelungs, translated from Middle High German, similar in many words and syntax to Jewish-Yiddish, by Burton Raffel, Foreword by Michael Dirdh, Introduction by Edward R. Haymes, published by Yale University Press in a 2006 Hardcover First Edition in brand new unused mint condition. There might not be such a pristine volume available anywhere. Stored in museum temperature and humidity (dry) conditions since 2006 by a classic book collector. 351 pages. “No poem in German literature is as well known and studied in Germany and continental Europe as the 800 year old Das Nibelungenlied store. Known for its haunting beauty, often called the German Iliad, moving from romance to tragedy to catastrophe. This poem portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians.” Richard Wagner's opera tetralogy Der Ring des Bibelungen, Fritz Lang's 2 part film Die Nibelungen, and J. J. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings all are based on this epic.
DAS NIBELUNGENLIED: Song of the Nibelungs, translated from Middle High German, similar in many words and syntax to Jewish-Yiddish, by Burton Raffel, Foreword by Michael Dirdh, Introduction by Edward R. Haymes, published by Yale University Press in a 2006 Hardcover First Edition in brand new unused mint condition. There might not be such a pristine volume available anywhere. Stored in museum temperature and humidity (dry) conditions since 2006 by a classic book collector. 351 pages. “No poem in German literature is as well known and studied in Germany and continental Europe as the 800 year old Das Nibelungenlied store. Known for its haunting beauty, often called the German Iliad, moving from romance to tragedy to catastrophe. This poem portrays the existential struggles and downfall of an entire people, the Burgundians.” Richard Wagner's opera tetralogy Der Ring des Bibelungen, Fritz Lang's 2 part film Die Nibelungen, and J. J. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings all are based on this epic.