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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Middle English Edition
Rebecca Yarros
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Description for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Middle English Edition
Paperback. Editor(s): Battles, Paul. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a masterpiece of medieval English literature and one of the finest Arthurian tales in any language. Though its ingenious plotting and verbal artistry continue to dazzle readers, it is written in a challenging regional dialect and uses many words that were already archaic when the poem was written in the late fourteenth century. This edition is designed to make the poem, in its original Middle English, accessible to students and general readers.
Following standards adopted for editing other Middle English poets, the edition lightly normalises spellings to make ... Read more
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a masterpiece of medieval English literature and one of the finest Arthurian tales in any language. Though its ingenious plotting and verbal artistry continue to dazzle readers, it is written in a challenging regional dialect and uses many words that were already archaic when the poem was written in the late fourteenth century. This edition is designed to make the poem, in its original Middle English, accessible to students and general readers.
Following standards adopted for editing other Middle English poets, the edition lightly normalises spellings to make ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Peterborough, Canada
ISBN
9781554810192
SKU
V9781554810192
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About Rebecca Yarros
Paul Battles is Professor of English at Hanover College.
Reviews for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Middle English Edition
“Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is arguably the greatest poem surviving in English from any period, and Paul Battles’ edition is the ideal introduction to it. The text has been reconsidered at every level, and the notes and glossary take in the latest scholarship, but the scholarship never threatens to overwhelm the beauty and power of the poem. The ... Read more