King Rother
Auteur
Lichtenstein, Robert
Language
EnglishRésumé
Originally published in 1962, Robert Lichtenstein's translation of "King Rother" made the medieval epic available to English-speaking audiences for the first time. His translation in rhymed couplets seeks to convey the humorous spirit of the original and an introduction places the poem in its historical context.
Keywords
Poetry; German Studies; LiteraturePublisher
The University of North Carolina PressPublication date and place
Chapel Hill, 1962Series
UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures,Classification
Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales