| Edition |
First Mariner Books edition. |
| Description |
255 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Illustrations on endpages. |
| Original Version |
Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Sir Gawain and the green knight -- Pearl -- Sir Orfeo -- Gawain's leave-taking. |
| Subject |
Gawain (Legendary character) -- Romances.
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- Romances.
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English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Modernized versions.
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Knights and knighthood -- Poetry.
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Gawain (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst00939038
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) (OCoLC)fst01048449
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English poetry -- Middle English.
(OCoLC)fst01710964
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Knights and knighthood. (OCoLC)fst00988113
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Romances. (OCoLC)fst01099892
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| Chronological Term |
1100-1500
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| Genre/Form |
Arthurian romances. (OCoLC)fst01726527
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Romances. (OCoLC)fst01423856
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Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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Arthurian romances.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973, translator.
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Tolkien, Christopher, editor.
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| Spine Title |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : with Pearl and Sir Orfeo |
| Added Title |
Pearl |
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Sir Orfeo |
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Container of (expression): Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. English.
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Container of (expression): Pearl (Middle English poem). English.
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Container of (expression): Sir Orfeo (Middle English poem). English.
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| ISBN |
9780358652977 (paperback) |
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0358652979 (paperback) |
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