The Nibelungenlied
By: translated from the Middle High German with an introductory sketch and notes, by Daniel Bussier Shumway.
Contributors: Shumway, Daniel Bussier, 1868- tr.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company
Published: 1909
Place of publication: Boston and New York
Language: eng; gmh
Number of pages: 339
Description: Written 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.
Notes: "English bibliography": 1 leaf following p. xivi.