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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Author: 
Helen Cooper; Keith Harrison
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The finest translation in and for our time' (Kevin Crossley-Holland)

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two separate and very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings, brought together by the anonymous 14th century poet. His telling comprehends a great variety of moods and modes - from the stark realism of the hunt-scenes to the delicious and dangerous bedroom encounters between Lady Bercilak and Gawain, from moments of pure lyric beauty when he evokes the English countryside in all its seasons, to authorial asides that are full of irony and puckish humour. This new verse translation uses a modern alliterative pattern which subtly echoes the music of the original at the same time as it strives for fidelity.

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About the author: 

Australian born-poet and translator Keith Harrison taught for 30 years at Carleton College, Minnesota. He has published many books of poetry and translation including Points in a Journey (Macmillan), The Basho Poems (Minneapolis) and A Burning of Applewood (Northfield, Black Willow). Helen Cooper is Professor of English Language and Literature, and Tutorial Fellow at University College, Oxford. She is the editor of Malory's Le Morte Darthur in Oxford World's Classics.

Product details

ISBN : 9780199540167

Author: 
Helen Cooper; Keith Harrison
Pages
160 Pages
Format
Paperback
Size
128 x 195 mm
Pub date
Sep 2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight