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Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
October 1, 2002
Pages
171
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375414763
ISBN-10
0375414762
Dimensions
0.75 by 6.50 by 8.75 in.
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$22.00
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Summary
The Green Knight, a mysterious and powerful creature, offers a fateful and deadly challenge that tests the honor and courage of Gawain, King Arthur's youngest knight.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.
It is the height of Christmas and New Yearâs revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthurâs court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a dayâs time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he findsâan almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villainsâas he endeavors to fulfill his promise.
Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: âWe seem to recognize himâhis splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his graceâwithout being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.â
It is the height of Christmas and New Yearâs revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthurâs court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a dayâs time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he findsâan almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villainsâas he endeavors to fulfill his promise.
Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: âWe seem to recognize himâhis splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his graceâwithout being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.â
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1 edition from Alfred a Knopf Inc (October 1, 2002)
9780375414763 | details & prices | 171 pages | 6.50 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.00
About: The Green Knight, a mysterious and powerful creature, offers a fateful and deadly challenge that tests the honor and courage of Gawain, King Arthur's youngest knight.
About: The Green Knight, a mysterious and powerful creature, offers a fateful and deadly challenge that tests the honor and courage of Gawain, King Arthur's youngest knight.
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