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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Norton Critical Editions)

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Norton Critical Editions)

This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight includes Marie Borroffâ€™s celebrated, newly revised verse translation with supporting materials not to be found in any other single volume.
The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, an essay on the metrical form, the translatorâ€™s note, marginal glosses, and explanatory annotations to assist readers in the study of this canonical Arthurian romance.

â€œContextsâ€ presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure, also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem.

â€œCriticismâ€ collects ten interpretive essays on the poemâ€™s central themes. Contributors include Alain Renoir, Marie Borroff, J. A. Burrow, A. Kent Hieatt, W. A. Davenport, Ralph Hanna III, Lynn Staley Johnson, Jonathan Nicholls, Geraldine Heng, and Leo Carruthers.

A Chronology of important historical and literary dates and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780393930252
Model SG-USB-511
ReleaseDate 2009-11-24
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393930252

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