Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (A New Verse Translation)
- ISBN-10
- 0393334155
- ISBN-13
- 9780393334159
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 198
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-11-17
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
Description
A poetic translation of the classic Arthurian story is an edition in alliterative language and rhyme of the epic confrontation between a young Round Table hero and a green-clad stranger who compels him to meet his destiny at the Green Chapel. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
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