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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / translated with an introduction by Brian Stone.
LIBRA Special PR2065.G3 A38 1974
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Penguin classics
- Language:
- English
- English, Middle (1100-1500)
- Subjects (All):
- Gawain (Legendary character)--Romances.
- Gawain.
- Gawain (Legendary character).
- Arthurian romances.
- Poetry.
- Authruian English poetry.
- Gawain (legendary character)--Romance.
- Genre:
- Romances.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 185 pages ; 19 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1974.
- Summary:
- Retells the story of Gawain's quest for the Green Chapel and his puzzling encounters with Sir Bercilak and his lady.
- Contents:
- Preface to the second edition
- Introduction
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- 'The common enemy of man' (an essay on the Green Knight)
- Gawain's 'Eternal jewel' (an essay on the moral nature of Gawain)
- The poem as a play (performed at Newcastle, Christmas 1971)
- The manuscript
- Theories about the poet
- The pentangle and its significance
- Notes on Arthurian matters
- Extracts from the original poem.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162.).
- ISBN:
- 0140440925
- 9780140440928
- OCLC:
- 1717516
- Online:
- Publisher description
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