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- Title
Jan-Dirk Müller: Varianz – die Nibelungenfragmente. Überlieferung und Poetik des ›Nibelungenliedes‹ im Übergang von Mündlichkeit zu Schriftlichkeit, Berlin u. Boston: de Gruyter 2023, 363 S., 15 Abb. (Deutsche Literatur. Studien und Quellen 47)
- Authors
Kofler, Walter
- Abstract
In the book "Variance - the Nibelungen Fragments" by Jan-Dirk Müller, the transmission and poetics of the Nibelungenlied are examined. Müller argues that the Nibelungenlied was variant from the beginning and that the scribes and editors had an excessive license for variance. He uses nine complete manuscripts and 20 fragments for his investigation and emphasizes that there is no definitive "base text" of the Nibelungenlied. The text discusses variance in medieval manuscripts and raises the question of whether the working methods of the scribes and editors are too schematic. The author concludes that many assumptions are only hypotheses and that there are errors and inaccuracies regarding the manuscripts.
- Subjects
MEDIEVAL manuscripts; SCRIBES; MANUSCRIPTS; POETICS; HYPOTHESIS; COPYING
- Publication
Beiträge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur, 2024, Vol 146, Issue 3, p526
- ISSN
0005-8076
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1515/bgsl-2024-0036