Overview

Within the English-speaking world, no work of the German High Middle Ages is better known than the Nibelungenlied, which has stirred the imagination of artists and readers far beyond its land of origin. Its international influence extends from literature to music, art, film, politics and propaganda, psychology, archeology, and military history. Now for the first time all references to the vast Nibelungen tradition have been catalogued in this comprehensive encyclopedia containing nearly 1000 entries by several dozen international contributors, including the most distinguished scholars in the field. Readers will find illuminating passages on a variety of topics, including literary and extra-literary references, characters and place names, significant motifs and concepts, historical background, and cultural reception through the centuries. This monumental work is an invaluable guide to a fascinating, age-old tradition.

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Author:   Winder McConnell ,  Werner Wunderlich ,  Frank Gentry ,  Ulrich Mueller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780415763691

ISBN 10:   041576369
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   19 August 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Literary Authors and Works, Medieval * Characters and Places * Themes, Motifs, Objects, Key Words * Sources: History, Legend, Archaeology, Manuscript Collections * Scholars and Scholarship * Reception of the Nibelungen Theme in German-Speaking Countries: Literary Authors and Works * Reception of the Nibelungen Theme outside German-Speaking Countries (including Translations) * Music and Composers * Art, Artists, Films, Filmmakers, Sculpture, Sculptors * Miscellaneous (Education, Historians, Politics, Psychology, Military)

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For anyone working seriously with the Nibelungen story-in any of its myraid manifestations-this volume will be an invaluable asset. -- Myth-Culture-Tradition, JoshuaBuckley, and Michael Moynihan

For anyone working seriously with the Nibelungen story-in any of its myraid manifestations-this volume will be an invaluable asset. -- Myth-Culture-Tradition, Joshua Buckley, and Michael Moynihan

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Winder McConnell, Werner Wunderlich, Frank Gentry, Ulrich Mueller

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