Download or read book Medieval German Tales in English Translation written by John Wesley Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Three Political Tales from Medieval Germany written by Brian Murdoch and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2024 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fresh, accurate, and accessible translations of three texts that reveal much about medieval political thought and are surprisingly relevant to the precariousness of present-day political systems. Recent political events around the world, not least January 6, 2021, have shown that political systems long thought to be resilient can be surprisingly at risk. This edition offers an introduction to and prose translations of three texts that demonstrate just how precarious things can be even in a rigidly structured society (here the medieval Holy Roman Empire). The texts, the anonymously authored Duke Ernst, Konrad of Wèurzburg's Henry of Kempten, and Heinrich's Reynard the Fox, are also literary works, designed to entertain. Two of them are adventure stories, but carry a message about the care needed to prevent the escalation of violence; the third is a bleak warning against unscrupulous advisors. As works of literature they are varied. The first moves from recognizable history to develop into an early fantasy novel, as the central character goes boldly to distant places outside the known world and meets, fights with, and learns from strange and alien creatures, before returning to the "real" world. The second, a novella, is ostensibly about chivalric bravery, but it is set in a pre-chivalric period, and shows how (then as now) a trivial incident can escalate towards disaster. The third is an animal fable, part of the extensive tradition of Reynard the Fox, initially familiar, but developing into a violent and dark tale that ends with the death of a king"--
Download or read book Brothers Grimm Vol 1 written by Jacob Grimm and published by 2Language Books. This book was released on with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BROTHERS GRIMM VOL. 1: German & English THIS EDITION: The dual-language text has been arranged into sub-paragraphs and paragraphs, for quick and easy cross-referencing. The original German text has been modernised and amended to suit this dual language project. The revised English text is in part a new translation from German. Essentially, the Brothers Grimm stories have been rewritten in contemporary English from German. The emphasis is on attaining a high correlation between each set of text fragments. The reader can choose between four formats: Section 1: English to German Section 2: German to English Section 3: English Section 4: German BRIEF SYNOPSIS: This book contains a selection of eleven stories from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s collection of German folk tales, originally published from 1812 -1815. The stories include: Cinderella (Aschenbuttel) Rapunzel (Rapunzel) Sleeping Beauty (Dornröschen) Little Red-Cap (Rotkäppchen) Hansel and Grethel (Hänsel und Grethel) The Frog King (Der Froschkönig) The Bremen Town Musicians (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenroth) The Goose-Girl at the Well (Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen) The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den Drei Goldenen Haaren) The Young Giant (Der Junge Riese) (A Dual-Language Book Project) 2Language Books
Download or read book German Romance Lanzelet written by Michael Resler and published by DS Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and facing translation of an important medieval German Arthurian romance. Ulrich von Zatzikhoven's Lanzelet, dating from the end of the twelfth century, is a verse translation into Middle High German of what was probably an Anglo-Norman romance, now lost. It presents the story of Lanzelet (Lancelot), but in quite a different version from Chrétien de Troyes' Chevalier de la charrette. The first half of the tale concerns Lanzelet's knightly and romantic exploits on his way to discovering his true identity, while at the same time winning the beautiful Iblis as his wife. The second half revolves around Lanzelet's efforts to defend the honor of the Arthurian court and reestablish his own and his wife's kingdoms. As in much literature of the time, sex, violence and magic abound. This volume presents the first full translation into English, with a new, facing edition of the Middle High German text. It is accompanied by an introduction, variant readings and notes to the translation. Kathleen J. Meyer teaches in the Department of Languages and Ethnic Studies, Bemidji State University.
Download or read book Medieval German Tales in English tradition written by John Wesley Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Medieval German Lyric Verse in English Translation written by J. W. Thomas and published by University of North Carolina S. This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology contains representative selections from the verse of Minnesingers, nuns, priests, goliards, Spielleute, middle-class singers, and noblemen from the twelfth to the fifteenth century together with historical background, biographical sketches, and comments on individual poems. At the time of its original publication it was the largest such collection in English.
Download or read book Middle High German Legends in English Translation written by Kenny Louwen and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Five medieval German legends, freshly translated with accessible reading guides. This volume collects five medieval German legends--the story of Veronica, Vespasian, Theophilus, Mary Magdalene, and the True Cross--in both the Middle High German original and modern English translation alongside unique guides to the relevant Germanic research and the principal themes of each text."--
Download or read book German Romance VII Ulrich Fuetrer Iban written by Ulrich Fuetrer and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2003 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First ever English translation, with facing edition, of an important medieval German Arthurian romance.Composed in the 1480s by the Munich painter and writer Ulrich Fuetrer, Iban is the story of a young knight at King Arthur's court, who pursues adventure abroad, wins a land and its lady as his wife, loses both through his immaturity and negligence, and eventually regains his country and his spouse in a series of adventures that teach him to place the welfare of others above his own desires. A retelling of Hartmann von Aue's Middle High German classic Iwein from circa 1200, itself an adaptation of the Old French writer Chrétien de Troyes' earlier Yvain, the Knight with the Lion, Fuetrer's Iban is one of fifteen narratives making up his massive Arthurian anthology, The Book of Adventures, which the author compiled for Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich. Among the last premodern retellings of the story of the knight Ywain, Ibanoffers modern readers an invaluable window onto how the most beloved Arthurian tales were reinterpreted at the end of the Middle Ages and at the threshold to the early modern period. This book offers an edition of the romance, the first for nearly a quarter of a century, accompanied by a facing translation, the first into a modern language of any part of the Book of Adventures. It also includes an introduction, putting the romance into its wider contexts, and explanatory notes. were reinterpreted at the end of the Middle Ages and at the threshold to the early modern period. This book offers an edition of the romance, the first for nearly a quarter of a century, accompanied by a facing translation, the first into a modern language of any part of the Book of Adventures. It also includes an introduction, putting the romance into its wider contexts, and explanatory notes. were reinterpreted at the end of the Middle Ages and at the threshold to the early modern period. This book offers an edition of the romance, the first for nearly a quarter of a century, accompanied by a facing translation, the first into a modern language of any part of the Book of Adventures. It also includes an introduction, putting the romance into its wider contexts, and explanatory notes. were reinterpreted at the end of the Middle Ages and at the threshold to the early modern period. This book offers an edition of the romance, the first for nearly a quarter of a century, accompanied by a facing translation, the first into a modern language of any part of the Book of Adventures. It also includes an introduction, putting the romance into its wider contexts, and explanatory notes.
Download or read book The End times in Medieval German Literature written by Ernst Ralf Hintz and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2019 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.
Download or read book Little Snow White written by Brothers Grimm and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book includes famous fairy tale Little Snow-White by Grimm Brothers fully illustrated all-color (12 color illustrations) by Maria Tsaneva and adapted in corresponding English-German paragraphs. The book is an excellent way to read Paragraph by Paragraph Translation along your kids. Your little one can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding German paragraph. The paragraphs are not long, so there is no need to do a lot of back and forth to see the German translation and the English text. The text is relatively simple vocabulary and grammar wise, but not very simple at all, so for beginners this should be a great challenge.
Download or read book Medieval Germany written by John M. Jeep and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 958 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedia covering the political, social, intellectual, religious and cultural history of the German- and Dutch-speaking medieval world, between 500 and 1500. Entries cover individuals and their deeds as well as broader historical topics.
Download or read book An English Translation of Rudolf von Ems s Der guote G rhart written by Albrecht Classen and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-14 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To expand our understanding of medieval literature in its wider context, there is a desperate need for more translations, since not every text in the Middle Ages was written in Latin, English, or French. Rudolf von Ems’s Der guote Gêrhart (ca. 1220) represents a major contribution to thirteenth-century German romance literature. The present English translation will allow those without knowledge of Middle High German to read and enjoy this significant composition and gain remarkable insights into a literary discourse that was to transform the late medieval canon. Rudolf’s work deserves particular attention because it includes remarkable examples of medieval multilingualism, tolerance, and multiculturality. The poet developed new aesthetic and ethical values, and presented an innovative relationship between a humble yet intelligent and compassionate individual and God by introducing, as his protagonist, a Cologne merchant, who supersedes even the Emperor Otto in his religious devotion, humbleness, and goodness. Finally, Der guote Gêrhart is clearly based on an eleventh-century Jewish narrative by Rabbi Nissim, though we cannot yet explain the lines of transmission from the Judeo-Arabic text to the Middle High German romance.
Download or read book Slovenly Peter written by Heinrich Hoffmann and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in 1844 by German physician Heinrich Hoffmann, Slovenly Peter has entertained generations of readers around the world. Intending to buy a picture book as a Christmas present for his three-year-old son, Hoffmann instead wrote and illustrated his own book. In 1845 he was persuaded by friends to publish the book anonymously. It was one of the first uses of chromolitography - a method of making multi-colored prints - in a children's book. For the third edition, published in 1858, new stories and pictures were added and the title was changed to Struwwelpeter, the name of the character in the first story. As a psychiatrist, Hoffmann dressed the most common childhood disorders and misbehavior in entertaining verses and pictures. Stories in verses with colorful pictures were then - long before Wilhelm Busch and the first comics - still completely new. The little book conquered the world in no time and was parodied, imitated and recast with ever new political and cultural messages more often than any other children's book. This bilingual edition shows Hoffmann's original First German Print of 1845, and the version known today in Mark Twains witty translation. as well as the story of Struwwelpeter's creation told by Hoffmann himself. Among the more than a dozen different English translations, Mark Twain's free rendering is certainly the most original, and he is no doubt the most prominent among the many translators into over 100 languages and dialects.
Download or read book Animavversioni critiche sopra la dissertazione critico canonica stampata in Lucca che servono di compendiosa confutazione dell opera dell impiego del denaro written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fables Sermonettes and Parables by the Stricker 13th Century German Poet in English Translation written by Stricker and published by Edwin Mellen Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirteenth-century poet who used the pseudonym Der Stricker ("The Knitter) is the earliest known composer of fables, sermonettes, and parables - examples of Kleindichtung -in the German language. Some of the Stricker's fables and parables are, as far as is known, original with him, others are new variants of works that had appeared in other lands and languages. The sermonettes are typical examples of what might be called the folk-theology of the day, drawing on oral tradition rather than directly on the Scriptures. In his verse-tales, the author proves to be a keen, often harsh social critic providing a realistic, often cynical, picture of medieval society that stands in sharp contrast to the romanticism of nearly all German literature of his century. This is the first collection of The Stricker's short narratives in English translation.
Download or read book Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales written by Jan M. Ziolkowski and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When did fairy tales begin? What qualifies as a fairy tale? Is a true fairy tale oral or literary? Or is a fairy tale determined not by style but by content? To answer these and other questions, Jan M. Ziolkowski not only provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical debates about fairy tale origins but includes an extensive discussion of the relationship of the fairy tale to both the written and oral sources. Ziolkowski offers interpretations of a sampling of the tales in order to sketch the complex connections that existed in the Middle Ages between oral folktales and their written equivalents, the variety of uses to which the writers applied the stories, and the diverse relationships between the medieval texts and the expressions of the same tales in the "classic" fairy tale collections of the nineteenth century. In so doing, Ziolkowski explores stories that survive in both versions associated with, on the one hand, such standards of the nineteenth-century fairy tale as the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Carlo Collodi and, on the other, medieval Latin, demonstrating that the literary fairy tale owes a great debt to the Latin literature of the medieval period. Jan M. Ziolkowski is the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University.
Download or read book The Nibelungenled written by and published by . This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
