Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: (A New Verse Translation)
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Translator: Simon ArmitageEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-17
ISBN: 0393060489
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Book Review: A brilliant translation of a favorite medieval romance!
Summary: 5 Stars
I fell in love with this romance in college. I've read a few translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in poetry and verse, and Armitage's is, hands down, the best. A former classmate from NYU called to recommend the text, reading passages aloud to me over the phone. This year I used the book with high school seniors, who loved it. Armitage employs the alliterative verse and bob and wheel characteristic of this medieval romance (the "bob" is a two-syllable word or phrase that introduces the "wheel," a quatrain that picks up its rhyme scheme from the bob). We made frequent use of the facing pages in middle English. I couldn't help rhapsodizing, repeatedly, about the beauty of the translation in my classroom. If I could give it more than five stars, I would.
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