"The translations offered are intended to keep as close to the originals as possible in line for line renderings, while conveying at the same time some indication at least of the poetic form. This is, of course, an entirely hubristic aim, and it is either a help (by permitting a certain freedom of approach) or an additional hindrance that, as noted, many of the texts survive in a somewhat parlous state."
"Who is this book for? This collection of Old High German (with a couple of Old Saxon) poems will be valuable for anyone studying medieval Germany and its literature. The texts range widely in genre and subject, including a heroic tale, Christian verse, charms, and an account of a battle against the Vikings. It would also work well as a student reader."
"The Editor Brian Murdoch is an Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Stirling, who has done several translations of medieval texts. This includes Waltharius: The Latin Epic of Walther of Aquitaine and Three Political Tales from Medieval Germany. You can learn more about this book from the publisher's website. You can buy this book on Amazon.com | Amazon.ca | Amazon.co.uk"
Old High German was spoken between the eighth and eleventh centuries and a modest but important corpus of poetry has survived. The anthology assembles editions and translations of roughly a dozen poems spanning religious devotion, heroic narrative, charms, and an account of a Viking battle. Translations aim to remain as close to the originals as possible on a line-for-line basis while offering some sense of poetic form, an approach acknowledged as both bold and potentially problematic because many texts survive in a parlous state. The collection suits students and scholars of medieval Germany. Brian Murdoch is an Emeritus Professor with prior medieval translation experience.
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