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    <body><![CDATA[Though not as epic as the Volsunga Saga, the Nibelungenlied was an amazing story.  At times it became repetitive with all its frequent descriptions of large groups of people moving around with pomp and such, but when the battles began (and thus the poetry) things became interesting and rather philos...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30777833">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Sorry, I couldn't help myself. This book is what inspired me to study English. Well, it inspired me to write a paper that had my professor comment that I should think about English... so that's how it happened. Fate. The book becomes much more alive when put into cultural context. Thanks to Professo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19188839">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A book that was written 1200 AD based on Norse mythology from the 3rd or 4th century and featured Siegfried, who I have always wanted to know about. It was a fairly entertaining story which was nice and I enjoyed the historical aspects.  It makes me want to learn more of the old Germanic tales.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my favorite piece of epic poetry/mythology. The story of the love triangle between hero Siegfried, vengeful Kriemhild, and &quot;wronged woman&quot; Brunhild, the Nibelungenlied (&quot;The Song of the Nibelungs&quot;) is a must-read work of literature for any fan of epic and myth.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of my year of epic poetry. Yes, I read a prose translation. You go with the translations you have, and this one was a good read. My two-word summary of the poem: foreshadowed doom. Don't expect a happy ending.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I think it is a great epic, though I read the prose version, not the epic poetry.  It is exciting and has a lot to do with human nature and the human condition; it is tragic, and that is one thing that makes it great.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book on my bookshelves many years ago, it is actually a school library book which i seem to have forgotten to return. still trying to finish it as i know it's a fab story...also have plans for it]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An OK poem that partly served as the basis for Wagner's Ring cycle.  The main problem was the pacing of the poem, which went from exciting and action-packed to long lulls.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[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. Comparable in scope to the Iliad, this skilfully crafted work combines the fragments of half-forgotten myths to create one of the greatest epic poems - the principal version of the heroic legends used by Richard Wagner, in The Ring.<br/><br/>A story of guile, treachery, loyalty and desperate courage<br/><br/>This great German epic poem of murder and revenge recounts with particular strength and directness the progress of Siegfried’s love for the peerless Kriemhild, the wedding of Gunther – her brother – and Brunhild, the quarrel between the two queens, Hagen’s treacherous murder of Siegfried, and Kriemhild’s eventual triumph.<br/><br/>Composed nearly eight hundred years ago by an unnamed poet, the Nibelungenlied is the principal literary expression of those heroic legends of which Richard Wagner made such free use in The Ring. A. T. Hatto’s translation transforms an old text into a story as readable and exciting as Homer’s Iliad. ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[The medieval Germanic myth that Wagner *loosely* based his Ring Cycle on, it's very Arthurian legends without the rich caste of characters...  ]]></body>
    
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