Sintram and His Companions
From the German of
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
NEW EDITION
SCARCE
Publisher: James Miller, Publishers, New York
Copyright: Not stated, early
Fouqué (German) was part of the Romantic trend that enthusiastically embraced medieval literature and culture, identifying with the values of chivalry and romance. He was passionate in his devotion to Norse poetry and sagas and in 1808-10 wrote a dramatic trilogy, Der Held des Nordens (The Hero of the North), about Sigurd the Dragon-slayer that stands at the beginning of the nineteenth-century fascination with the figure of Siegfried, a fascination that reached its climax with Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen. The ethical and romantic ideals of the medieval knight, whether Norse or German, pervade both Undine and Sintram, the prose stories that Fouqué published in 1811 and 1814 respectively and that constitute his particular fame in the English-speaking world.
Condition: This book is in fair condition. Embossed blue cloth with gilt titles. Cover shows signs of shelf wear with rubbing on edges and corners. Some fraying to head/tail of spine. Text block has some foxing. Binding cocked. Inscription on front endpapers.
Dimensions: 4.75" X 7"
229 pages
From the German of
Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
NEW EDITION
SCARCE
Publisher: James Miller, Publishers, New York
Copyright: Not stated, early
Fouqué (German) was part of the Romantic trend that enthusiastically embraced medieval literature and culture, identifying with the values of chivalry and romance. He was passionate in his devotion to Norse poetry and sagas and in 1808-10 wrote a dramatic trilogy, Der Held des Nordens (The Hero of the North), about Sigurd the Dragon-slayer that stands at the beginning of the nineteenth-century fascination with the figure of Siegfried, a fascination that reached its climax with Wagner's Ring des Nibelungen. The ethical and romantic ideals of the medieval knight, whether Norse or German, pervade both Undine and Sintram, the prose stories that Fouqué published in 1811 and 1814 respectively and that constitute his particular fame in the English-speaking world.
Condition: This book is in fair condition. Embossed blue cloth with gilt titles. Cover shows signs of shelf wear with rubbing on edges and corners. Some fraying to head/tail of spine. Text block has some foxing. Binding cocked. Inscription on front endpapers.
Dimensions: 4.75" X 7"
229 pages