Kudrun
with The Book of King Otnit and The Book of Wolf Dietrich
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Published:21st Feb '25
£24.99
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"I am a huge fan of Whobrey’s translations. These new English translations of Kudrun, Wolf Dietrich, and Otnit uphold the quality to which I’ve grown accustomed in his work. They do an excellent job of capturing the language and cadence of the texts, and are as accurate, readable, and fluent as the original texts allow them to be. I especially love the texts Wolf Dietrich and Otnit, and I’m thrilled they are now available for the first time in English translation. They are such fun to read, and I hope that students find their hapless heroes as entertaining and humorous as I do. In short, it is a delight to read Whobrey’s English translations of these tales, and I’m excited to teach with them."
—Kathryn Starkey, Stanford University
"Whobrey's precise and robust translation renders these three lesser-known Middle High German heroic epics accessible to scholars and students of medieval studies, as well as any reader generally interested in myth and legends. Featuring an extensive Introduction and clear notes—offering linguistic details and manuscript history as well as general background in medieval literature—this book will be an excellent resource, particularly for undergraduates. Whobrey’s deep understanding of Germanic literatures and cultures here combines with his linguistic expertise to create an 'honest' translation, bringing the forms and features of Germanic oral storytelling (characteristic of these older epics) into an updated translation for a wide variety of contemporary readers to learn from and enjoy."
—Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand, Appalachian State University
ISBN: 9781647922108
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
344 pages