Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2008-11-17 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780393334159 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0393334155 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (155 Downloads) |
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Download or read book Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation) written by and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-11-17 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the earliest great stories of English literature after ?Beowulf?, ?Sir Gawain? is the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts King Arthur's Round Table festivities one Yuletide, challenging the knights to a wager. Simon Armitrage, one of Britain's leading poets, has produced an inventive and groundbreaking translation that " helps] liberate ?Gawain ?from academia" (?Sunday Telegraph?).
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