Excerpt from Wayland Smith: A Dissertation on a Tradition of the Middle Ages
The use which Sir Walter Scott made of this legend in his romance of Kenilworth, has given it universal celebrity, but, independent of this claim to our attention, it may be considered as one of the most interesting of the old Sagas of the North. The rifaccimento of it by Adam Oehlenschlager was first written by him in Danish about the year 1800, and he afterwards re-wrote it in German, from which language the following version has been made.
The dissertation appended to it will show how gradually it has been built up, and how skilfully from its fragmentary state the Danish poet has constructed a poetical tale breathing the wild spirit of his native land.
A dissertation on a popular tale may at first glance appear to be a trifling thing.
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