The Nibelungenlied

Overview:

  • Title: The Nibelungenlied
  • Author: uncredited
  • Year: 1978
  • ISBN-10: 0140441379
  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Price: £1.50
  • Pages: 404
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Nibelungenlied
  • Notes:
    • Prose translation by A. T. Hatto.
    • This translation first published 1965.
    • Tenth printing based on the stated printings 1965, 1966, 1969 (with revisions), 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975 (twice), 1976, 1978.
    • Penguin sticker affixed on the back cover with the current price.
    • Cover artist uncredited; no visible signature.
      Cover art ('Niebelungen Lied') was created in 14-15th century by a German anonymous and reproduced as Alamy Stock Photo #133440634.
    • The main text is followed by six appendices: (1) "The Status of the Poet"; (2) "The Manuscript Tradition, Bishop Wolfger of Passau, and the Homeland of the Last Poet"; (3) "The Date of the Poem"; (4) "The Genesis of the Poem"; (5) "The Geography of the Poem"; (6) "A Glossary of the Characters' Names."