Wunderer is a latecomer among German heroic epics and one of the last representatives of the subspecies known as the Dietrich epic. For the first time, this edition compiles all preserved versions in a form that is close to their tradition: the strophic version of the Dresden Heldenbuch and the Strasbourg edition (in synoptic presentation), both couplet fragments, and the Shrovetide play.
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Wunderer is a latecomer among German heroic epics and one of the last representatives of the subspecies known as the Dietrich epic. For the first time, this edition compiles all preserved versions in a form that is close to their tradition: the strophic version of the Dresden Heldenbuch and the Strasbourg edition (in synoptic presentation), both couplet fragments, and the Shrovetide play.
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