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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Pearl and Sir Orfeo
Published 2021 by Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
ISBN 9780358652977
Bib Id 2456680
Copyright 2020
Edition First Mariner Books edition.
Description 255 pages ; 21 cm
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Leader
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ISBN
9780358652977 (paperback)
0358652979 (paperback)
Call #
821 Gawain
Uniform Title
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. English.
Title
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : Pearl and Sir Orfeo
Varying Form of Title
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : with Pearl and Sir Orfeo
Pearl
Sir Orfeo
Edition
First Mariner Books edition.
Publication Information
2021 by Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston :
Copyright Date
©2020
Description
255 pages ; 21 cm
Note
Illustrations on endpages.
Contents
Sir Gawain and the green knight -- Pearl -- Sir Orfeo -- Gawain's leave-taking.
Summary
"It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. Arthur's brave favorite for the challenge is Sir Gawain...Accompanying Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this volume are Sir Orfeo, a medieval version of the story of Orpheus and Euridice, a love so strong that it overcame death, and Pearl, the moving tale of a man in a graveyard mourning his baby daughter, lost like a pearl that slipped through his fingers. Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world. Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.R.R. Tolkien's vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals. Includes as a bonus the complete text of Tolkien's acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain." -- Adapted from back cover.
Original Version
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
Genre/Form
Arthurian romances.
Poetry
Poetry
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