Penguin Classics: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Although the date of <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i> is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with Chaucer's <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> in the latter part of the fourteenth century. It is a remarkably subtle and accomplished poem, in which the hero's knightly virtues of courage, courtesy and fidelity are put to the test in a strange adventure involving a huge green knight on a green horse, a winter journey, a lady in a mysterious castle and a challenge answered. It ranks as one of the greatest works of the English Middle Ages and perhaps the greatest triumph of the English alliterative tradition. Unlike <i>The Canterbury Tales</i>, however, <i>Sir Gawain</i> is written in a dialect belonging to Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire, and this seems more remote to the modern reader than Chaucer's London language. The aim of this edition has been to remove the unnecessary impediments while retaining the integrity of the original. Notes and a glossary have been provided to assist an informed, critical reading of the text. The cover shows a detail from an illustration in the manuscript of <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i>.
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Penguin Classics: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, J. A. Burrow
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- Released
- 1987
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- Title
- Penguin Classics: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Language
- English
- Authors
- J. A. Burrow
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Released
- 1987
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0140422951
- ISBN13
- 9780140422955
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- Historical Themes, Adventure, Short Stories, Science, School, British Literature, England, Mythology, Middle Ages, Gift Books, Ireland, Folklore, Folk Culture, Evolution, Epics, Arthurian Legends, Folk Tales, Cultural Anthropology, English Poetry, King Arthur, Poem, Medieval England, Social Engineering, Moby Dick
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- Although the date of <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i> is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with Chaucer's <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> in the latter part of the fourteenth century. It is a remarkably subtle and accomplished poem, in which the hero's knightly virtues of courage, courtesy and fidelity are put to the test in a strange adventure involving a huge green knight on a green horse, a winter journey, a lady in a mysterious castle and a challenge answered. It ranks as one of the greatest works of the English Middle Ages and perhaps the greatest triumph of the English alliterative tradition. Unlike <i>The Canterbury Tales</i>, however, <i>Sir Gawain</i> is written in a dialect belonging to Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire, and this seems more remote to the modern reader than Chaucer's London language. The aim of this edition has been to remove the unnecessary impediments while retaining the integrity of the original. Notes and a glossary have been provided to assist an informed, critical reading of the text. The cover shows a detail from an illustration in the manuscript of <i>Sir Gawain and the Green Knight</i>.