The Nibelungenlied

The Nibelungenlied

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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. Translations are at best but poor substitutes for originals. A new translation of a poem implies also a criticism of those that have preceded it. My apology for presenting this new English version of the Nibelungenlied is that none of those hitherto made has reproduced the metrical form of the original.

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I film rendono i classici più belli, mentre rovinano i libri fantasy.

January 3, 2014