The Works of the Gawain Poet: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patience
Autor Ad Putter, Myra Stokesen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 iun 2014
This volume brings together four works of the unknown fourteenth-century poet famous for the Arthurian romanceSir Gawain and the Green Knight, in their original Middle English. In one of the great tales of medieval literature, Gawain, the noblest knight of King Arthur's court, must keep a deadly bargain with a monstrous knight and resist the advances of his host's beautiful wife. The dream vision ofPearldepicts a bereaved father whose lost child leads him to glimpse heaven. And in moral poems based on stories from the Bible,Cleannesswarns against sins of the flesh and of desecration, whilePatienceencourages readers to endure suffering as God's will.
Little is known about the so-called 'Gawain poet', who wrote during the late fourteenth century. It is believed that he came from south-east Cheshire, an important cultural and economic centre at the time, and he was clearly well-read in Latin, French and English. Although he is not named as the author ofSir Gawain and the Green Knight,Pearl,Patience,Cleanness, the four works have been attributed to him based on a careful comparison of their language, date and themes.
Myra Stokes was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Bristol University. Her books includeJustice and Mercy in Piers PlowmanandThe Language of Jane Austen.
Ad Putter teaches at the English Department and the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Bristol, where is Professor of Medieval English Literature. His monographs includeSir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian RomanceandAn Introduction to the Gawain Poet, and he is also co-editor ofThe Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780140424140
ISBN-10: 0140424148
Pagini: 1040
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0140424148
Pagini: 1040
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Little
is
known
about
the
so-called
'Gawain
poet',
who
wrote
during
the
late
fourteenth
century.
It
is
believed
that
he
came
from
south-east
Cheshire,
an
important
cultural
and
economic
centre
at
the
time,
and
he
was
clearly
well-read
in
Latin,
French
and
English.
Although
he
is
not
named
as
the
author
ofSir
Gawain
and
the
Green
Knight,Pearl,Patience,Cleanness,
the
four
works
have
been
attributed
to
him
based
on
a
careful
comparison
of
their
language,
date
and
themes.
Myra Stokes was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Bristol University. Her books includeJustice and Mercy in Piers PlowmanandThe Language of Jane Austen.
Ad Putter teaches at the English Department and the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Bristol, where is Professor of Medieval English Literature. His monographs includeSir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian RomanceandAn Introduction to the Gawain Poet, and he is also co-editor ofThe Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend.
Myra Stokes was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Bristol University. Her books includeJustice and Mercy in Piers PlowmanandThe Language of Jane Austen.
Ad Putter teaches at the English Department and the Centre for Medieval Studies of the University of Bristol, where is Professor of Medieval English Literature. His monographs includeSir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian RomanceandAn Introduction to the Gawain Poet, and he is also co-editor ofThe Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend.
Recenzii
The
Works
of
the
Gawain
Poetis
a
model
of
popular
scholarship,
one
that
harkens
back
to
the
glories
of
the
old
historical
criticism
of
Tolkien
and
Henry
Sweet.
That
it
has
appeared
not
under
the
imprimatur
of
a
university
press
but
as
a
reasonably
priced
paperback
from
Penguin
Classics
is
a
pleasant
surprise.
It
belongs
on
the
shelves
of
every
library
in
the
English-speaking
world
All of the poems are presented, rather daringly, in their original Middle English (very slightly cleaned up), and the array of critical materials dart very nimbly around theGawainpoet's wide reading - though anonymous, this poet was surely one of the best-read writers of his age - and the end-product effect is to provide readers with something very close to a fourteenth century First Folio. It's a marvelous performance all around
This is an authoritative and accessible edition, that is likely to become the standard text on undergraduate reading lists, as well as helping to bring the poems to a much wider non-specialist readership
All of the poems are presented, rather daringly, in their original Middle English (very slightly cleaned up), and the array of critical materials dart very nimbly around theGawainpoet's wide reading - though anonymous, this poet was surely one of the best-read writers of his age - and the end-product effect is to provide readers with something very close to a fourteenth century First Folio. It's a marvelous performance all around
This is an authoritative and accessible edition, that is likely to become the standard text on undergraduate reading lists, as well as helping to bring the poems to a much wider non-specialist readership