Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : in a modern English version /

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : in a modern English version /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Gawain -- (Legendary character) -- Romances. Gawain -- (Legendary character) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Gawain and the Grene Knight. English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500. Knights and knighthood -- Poetry. Arthurian romances. Arthurian romances. English poetry -- Middle English. Knights and knighthood. Electronic books. Romances. Poetry.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11121383

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Other authors / contributors:	Gardner, John, 1933-1982.
ISBN:	0226283283 9780226283289 0226283275 9780226283272 1283341573 9781283341578 9786613341570 6613341576
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The adventures and challenges of Sir Gawain, King Arthur's nephew and a knight at the Round Table, including his duel with the mysterious Green Knight, are among the oldest and best known of Arthurian stories. Here the distinguished author and poet John Gardner has captured the humor, elegance, and richness of the original Middle English in flowing modern verse translations of this literary masterpiece. Besides the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this edition includes two allegorical poems, "Purity" and "Patience"; the beautiful dream allegory "Pearl"; and the miracle story "Saint Erkenwald," all attributed to the same anonymous poet, a contemporary of Chaucer and an artist of the first rank. "Mr. Gardner has translated into modern English and edited a text of these five poems that could hardly be improved. ... The entire work is preceded by a very fine and complete general introduction and a critical commentary on each poem."--Library Journal.
Other form:	Print version: 9786613341570
Standard no.:	9786613341570

Table of Contents:

The poet
Conventions and traditions in the poems
The Gawain-poet's vision of reality
The poet's dramatic sense
The Pearl group: interpretation
Pearl
Purity
Patience
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Versification and form
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.