Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – In a Modern English Version with a Critical Introduction

John Gardner, Fritz Kredel (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

2011
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
9780226283289 (ISBN)

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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. Besides the tale of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", this title includes an introduction to the works of the Gawain poet.

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 Gardner's substantial introduction to the works of the Gawain poet: his worldview and the conventions and traditions found in the poems, as well as an analysis of his poetic forms.

John Gardner (1933-82) was a celebrated poet, critic, professor, essayist, and historian. He was the author of several acclaimed and best-selling novels, including Grendel and The Sunlight Dialogues. Prior to his death in a motorcycle accident in 1982, Gardner founded and directed the writing program at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.12.2011
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 215 mm
Gewicht	268 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-13	9780226283289 / 9780226283289
Zustand	Neuware