Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a new verse translation
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Published:
New York : Knopf :, 2002.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Desc:
xxiv, 171 pages ; 23 cm., Also issued online.
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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 Year’s revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur’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 day’s time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds—an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains—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: “We seem to recognize him—his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace—without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.”
It is the height of Christmas and New Year’s revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur’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 day’s time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds—an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains—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: “We seem to recognize him—his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace—without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.”
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Webster Adult Nonfiction
821 MER HC
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Jul 25, 2019
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0375414762, 9780375414763
Notes
General Note
Nonfiction.
Description
"Another edition of the Middle English poem. Merwin's 'Sir Gawain' replicates the propulsive alliteration and the rhymed-quatrain stanza endings of the original, and the translation appears face-to-face with the Middle English original. A major translation of a major English, and a major horror, classic." Booklist. "A modern verse translation of the late-medieval, anonymously authored story of a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening challenge at King Arthur's court, which Sir Gawain attempts tomeet; presented in side-by-side Middle and modern English."
Additional Physical Form
Also issued online.
Language
Middle English text, parallel English translation.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Merwin, W. S. 1. (2002). Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: a new verse translation. New York, Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Merwin, W. S. 1927-. 2002. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. New York, Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Merwin, W. S. 1927-, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. New York, Knopf, 2002.
MLA Citation (style guide)Merwin, W. S. 1927-. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation. New York, Knopf, 2002.
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