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082			_a831.2 HAT
100			_aHatto, A.T., translator
245			_aThe nibelungenlied _c/ translated by Hatto, A. T.
260			_aMiddlesex, England _b: Penguin Books _c, 1965.
300			_a404 p. _c; 18 cm.
520			_aWritten by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest epochs of German antiquity, transforming centuries-old legend into a masterpiece of chivalric drama. Siegfried, a great prince of the Netherlands, wins the hand of the beautiful princess Kriemhild of Burgundy, by aiding her brother Gunther in his struggle to seduce a powerful Icelandic Queen. But the two women quarrel, and Siegfried is ultimately destroyed by those he trusts the most. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring.
650			_aliterature
650			_aEnglish Literature
942			_cRBK
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