Nibelungenlied
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- ISBN 9781487577377
- Weight: 1g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 15 Dec 1967
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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In the study, emphasis is on the literary value of the Nibelungenlied rather than on philological questions surrounding it: it offers a close, detailed examination of the text itself. The commentary form used by the authors enables them to pursue individual observations and interpretations: their readings are often novel, frequently challenge more conservative approaches, and stimulate the reader to take his own stand.
An extensive introduction accompanies the line-by-line commentary and includes a summary of the plot, discussions of interpretation, metre, genesis, and scholarship. Two maps and a bibliography of Nibelungenlied literature are also provided.
D.G. MOWATT did his undergraduate and graduate studies in German and Russian at University College, London. From 1953 to 1962 he lectured in the German Department at UCL before accepting a post as Assistant Professor of German at Victoria College, University of Toronto. From 1964 to 1966 he was Associate Professor in the Department of German and General Linguistics. University of Alberta. He is now a Professor of German at the University of Newcastle, Australia.
HUGH SACKER received his MA in German at Cambridge, England, and did further study (PhD) in Switzerland and Germany. After lecturing at University College, London, for two years he accepted the post of Assistant Professor (Visiting) at the University of Chicago. He is at present a Reader at Bedford College, London.
