Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Author: Isaacs, Neil D.

Brand: Signet

Color: Black

Edition: Reprint

Binding: mass_market

Number Of Pages: 156

Release Date: 03-02-2009

Part Number: 9780451531193

Details: Product Description
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE UPCOMING MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE GREEN KNIGHT—STARRING DEV PATEL!An epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal of Chaucer’s masterworks and of the great Old English poems, including Beowulf.
 
It is Christmas in Camelot, and a truly royal feast has been laid out for King Arthur and his knights. And though there is plenty of good cheer to go around, the festivities hardly begin before a monstrous, axe-wielding, green-skinned knight barges in. He has come to see the famous Knights of the Round Table and offer them a simple but deadly challenge—a challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain—a challenge that will force him to choose between his honor and his life...


Includes a Preface by Burton Raffelan Introduction by Brenda Websterand an Afterword by Neil D. Isaacs 
About the Author
Burton Raffel is professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and an eminent poet and translator. He is the author of numerous books of literary criticism, including
How to Read a Poem, and critically acclaimed translations of such works as
Beowulf and
Don Quixote.

EAN: 9780451531193

Package Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English