{"product_id":"song-of-the-nibelungs-frank-g-ryder-9780814311929","title":"Song of the Nibelungs: A Verse Translation from the Middle High German Nibelungenlied","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe first translation into English of this monumental epic in over forty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten around the year 1200 by an unknown Middle High German poet, probably an Austrian knight-cleric, The Song of the Nibelungs is composed of thirty-nine adventures and is divided into two major parts. Two great complexes of epic action are joined together: the life and death of Sigfrid, his glory, fault, and betrayal, and the massive destruction of those who betrayed him, engineered by Kriemhild, Sigfrid's wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe translator has reproduced the principal characteristics of style and language, in a verse form approximating that of the original. This modern translation, with its naturalness of language, will appeal to the general reader and scholar alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank G. Ryder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081431192X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814311929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wayne State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.04h x 5.31w x 1.00d","brand":"Frank G. Ryder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059835924735,"sku":"9780814311929","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77141d68-40e3-4a6c-b034-46e0afcef823.jpg?v=1685060602","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/song-of-the-nibelungs-frank-g-ryder-9780814311929","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}