The Nibelungenlied

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Translated by Daniel B. Shumway first published 1962 Echo Library, 2006 paperback 192 pages

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 r...

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This book in English

A. T. Hatto 1 printing we hold · 1965 · Penguin Classics
Daniel B. Shumway 1 printing we hold · 2006 · Echo Library

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The Nibelungenlied paperback · 2006 · Echo Library · 192 pages · 9781406805208
The Nibelungenlied paperback · 2006 · Hard Press · 202 pages · 9781406944488
The Nibelungenlied edition · 2005 · eBooksLib · 9781412110747
The Nibelungenlied paperback · 2004 · Kessinger Publishing · 772 pages · 9781419175572
The Nibelungenlied edition · 1965 · Penguin Classics · 416 pages · 9780140441376
The Nibelungenlied hardcover · 1962 · Dutton Adult · 240 pages · 9780460003124

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