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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Broadview Literary Texts)

From Broadview Press

Binding : Paperback
Creator : James Winny
DeweyDecimalNumber : 821.1
EAN : 9780921149927
ISBN : 0921149921
Label : Broadview Press
Manufacturer : Broadview Press
NumberOfPages : 192
ProductTypeName : ABIS_BOOK
PublicationDate : 1995-05-31
Publisher : Broadview Press
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Summary: SGGK
Comment: An excellent edition of the text with facing-page Middle English and modern English translation that replicates the sound and cadences of the original--ideal for use in undergraduate courses on medieval English literature. Broadview is one of the best publishers of medieval and early modern literature textbooks.
Rating:
Summary: 2+3=5
Comment: I love this book! I just read it and it has so much symmetry and meaning related to the star which is Gawain's symbol on his shield. Came in fast, great and good book. I recommend it.

When you read the book, the left hand side is Middle English and the right hand side is the translation which makes it much more interesting!
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Summary: Content Not Sacrificed for Form
Comment: This is my favorite edition of _Sir Gawain and the Green Knight_ not only because it is a fine poem, but also because the facing-page layout allows Winny to translate very accurately. The introduction to the poem and to Winny's translation of it is excellent, and discusses why he chooses not to translate within the confines of the formal characteristics of the poem in the original. Also, there are textual notes, a section discussing certain words in the poet's vocabulary that present significant difficulties for translators, and two appendices containing Arthurian analogues: Fled Briend/Bricriu's Feast and from Le Chevalier a L'Epee/The Knight of the Sword.