Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a close verse translation /
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : a close verse translation /
translated by Larry D. Benson with a foreword and middle English text edited by Daniel Donoghue.
- First edition.
- Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, (c)2012.
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 187 pages).
- Medieval European studies ; v. 13 .
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In this poem, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious green warrior. In a struggle to uphold his oath along this quest, Gawain demonstrates chivalry, loyalty, and honor. This new verse translation of the most popular and enduring fourteenth century romance to survive to the present offers students an accessible way of approaching the literature of medieval England without losing the flavor of the original writing. The language of Sir Gawain presents considerable problems to present-day readers as it is written in the West Midlands dialect before English became standardized. With a foreword by David Donoghue, the close verse translation includes facing pages of the original fourteenth-century text and its modern translation."--Project Muse.
9781935978633
Gawain (Legendary character) --Romances.
Green Knight (Arthurian legendary character) --Romances.
Knights and knighthood--Poetry.
Arthurian romances.
Electronic Books.
PR2065 / .S574 2012
Includes bibliographies and index.
"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In this poem, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious green warrior. In a struggle to uphold his oath along this quest, Gawain demonstrates chivalry, loyalty, and honor. This new verse translation of the most popular and enduring fourteenth century romance to survive to the present offers students an accessible way of approaching the literature of medieval England without losing the flavor of the original writing. The language of Sir Gawain presents considerable problems to present-day readers as it is written in the West Midlands dialect before English became standardized. With a foreword by David Donoghue, the close verse translation includes facing pages of the original fourteenth-century text and its modern translation."--Project Muse.
9781935978633
Gawain (Legendary character) --Romances.
Green Knight (Arthurian legendary character) --Romances.
Knights and knighthood--Poetry.
Arthurian romances.
Electronic Books.
PR2065 / .S574 2012