Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

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Keith Harrison (Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence, Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota) Helen Cooper (Professor of English Language and Literature, and Tutorial Fellow, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Tutorial Fellow, University College, Oxford)

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

Keith Harrison (Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence, Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota), Helen Cooper (Professor of English Language and Literature, and Tutorial Fellow, Professor of English Language and Literature, and Tutorial Fellow, University College, Oxford)

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Worlds Classics
11 September 2008

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'The finest translation in and for our time'

(Kevin Crossley-Holland)

Sir Gawain and The Green Knight, with its intricate plot of enchantment and betrayal is probably the most skilfully told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two separate and very ancient Celtic motifs of the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings, brought together by the anonymous 14th century poet. His telling comprehends a great variety of moods and modes - from the stark realism of the hunt-scenes to the delicious and dangerous bedroom encounters between Lady Bercilak and Gawain, from moments of pure lyric beauty when he evokes the English countryside in all its seasons, to authorial asides that are full of irony and puckish humour. This new verse translation uses a modern alliterative pattern which subtly echoes the music of the original at the same time as it strives for fidelity.

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Edited by: Helen Cooper (Professor of English Language and Literature and Tutorial Fellow Professor of English Language and Literature and Tutorial Fellow University College Oxford)
Translated by: Keith Harrison (Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence Emeritus Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence Carleton College Northfield Minnesota)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 124g
ISBN: 9780199540167
ISBN 10: 0199540160
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 11 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active