
THE NIBELUNGENLIED
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University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1967, 1st. Hard cover, 144 pages. Very good plus; tight binding; small remainder dot on bottom edge. Near fine dust jacket with price intact housed in clear plastic cover. Book interior clean and unmarked. ‘Since the rediscovery of the Nibelungenlied in the mid-eighteenth century, this medieval German poem has exercised a remarkable fascination, … In this study, emphasis is on the literary value of the Nibelungenlied rather than on philological questions surrounding it … An extensive introduction accompanies the line-by-line commentary and includes a summary of the plot, discussions of interpretation, metre, genesis, and scholarship. Two maps and a bibliography of Nibelungenlied literature are also provided.’ (from front flap)