Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.

It is the height of Christmas and New Yearâ‚¬s revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthurâ‚¬s court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a dayâ‚¬s time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he findsâ‚¬"an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villainsâ‚¬"as he endeavors to fulfill his promise.

Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: â‚¬Å“We seem to recognize himâ‚¬"his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his graceâ‚¬"without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.â‚¬Â
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780375709920
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2004-03-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375709920

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780375709920
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2004-03-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375709920

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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