Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Facing Page Translation
facing page translation
$45.92
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
31 May 1995
Summary
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Facing-Page Translation for Modern Readers
The fourteenth-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight stands as a classic of English literature, though its original Middle English can be challenging for contemporary readers. While translations may lose some of the poem’s unique flavor, this edition offers a solution: a facing-page translation.
Experience the original alliterative Middle English alongside James Winny’s sensitively …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780921149927 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0921149921 |
| Series: | Broadview Editions |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Broadview Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 31 May 1995 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 141mm x 217mm |
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Critics Review
“This is the best translation of Sir Gawain. It has the taughtness and vigor of the original, and it shares that Gawain-poet’s almost miraculous ability to make the remote world of Arthurian romance immediate to the reader.” – Gordon Teskey, Harvard University
About The Author
Anonymous
The late James Winny’s many other publications include Chaucer’s Dream Poems and editions of five of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
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