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Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
Joseph Glaser
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Description for Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
Features a classic poem, translated from Middle English. This title includes a translator's preface, sample lines from the original Middle English, and suggestions for further reading. It also includes a comprehensive Introduction that addresses questions of authorship, the plot and structure of the poem, and England in the fourteenth-century. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
A dazzling recreation of the most memorable Middle English poem, and one that captures the original alliterative verse in all its dimensions: sense, sound, and rhythm. --Ad Putter, Professor of Medieval English Literature, University of Bristol
A dazzling recreation of the most memorable Middle English poem, and one that captures the original alliterative verse in all its dimensions: sense, sound, and rhythm. --Ad Putter, Professor of Medieval English Literature, University of Bristol
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9781603846196
SKU
V9781603846196
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About Joseph Glaser
Joseph Glaser is Professor Emeritus of English, Western Kentucky University. His Canterbury Tales in Modern Verse and Middle English Poetry in Modern Verse are also published by Hackett. Christine Chism is Associate Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles.
Reviews for Sir Gawain & the Green Knight
Accurate, poetic, and masterly, Joseph Glaser's translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight captures and replicates with brio the craftsmanship of the English romancer known as the Gawain-poet. A brilliant Introduction by medievalist and romance expert Christine Chism invites readers' engagement with the text in addition to presenting reliable and up-to-date scholarly information about the work, its anonymous author, ... Read more