Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
Language: English
1100-1500 1100-1500 - Modernized versions Arthurian romances Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) Criticism English English (Middle) English (Middle) - England - West Midlands English poetry English poetry - Middle English English poetry - Middle English; 1100-1500 - Modernized versions English; Irish; Scottish; Welsh Fantasy Fantasy - General Fiction Gawain (Legendary character) General Irish Juvenile Fiction Knights and knighthood Literary Literary Criticism Literature - Classics Manuscripts Manuscripts; English (Middle) Manuscripts; English (Middle) - England - West Midlands Medieval Middle English Middle English; 1100-1500 Modernized versions Orpheus (Greek mythology) Pearl Poetry Royalty Science Fiction Science Fiction - General Scottish Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sir Orfeo Welsh
Publisher: Random House, Inc.
Published: Dec 14, 1980
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Review
'The introduction to Gawain is a little masterpiece.' Times Higher Educational Supplement 'This magnificent Arthurian tale of love, sex, honour, social tact, personal integrity and folk-magic is one of the greatest and most approachable narrative poems in the language. Tolkien's version makes it come triumphantly alive, a moving and consoling elegy.' Birmingham Post
Product Description
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation.