{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-a-close-verse-translation-9781933202891","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Close Verse Translation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e is a late fourteenth-century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur's Round Table. In this poem, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious green warrior. In a struggle to uphold his oath along this quest, Gawain demonstrates chivalry, loyalty, and honor. This new verse translation of the most popular and enduring fourteenth century romance to survive to the present offers students an accessible way of approaching the literature of medieval England without losing the flavor of the original writing. The language of Sir Gawain presents considerable problems to present-day readers as it is written in the West Midlands dialect before English became standardized. With a foreword by David Donoghue, the close verse translation includes facing pages of the original fourteenth-century text and its modern translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMedieval European Studies Series, Volume 13\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarry Benson\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of English at Harvard University. The editor of the Riverside edition of Chaucer's works, he is also the author of C\u003ci\u003eontradiction: From Beowulf to Chaucer\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKing Arthur's Death: The Middle English Alliterative\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMorte Arthure and Stanzai Morte Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMallory's Morte D' Arthur\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Learned and the Lewed: Studies in Chaucer and Medieval Literature\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Donoghue\u003c\/b\u003e is the John P. Marquand Professor of English, Harvard University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50364170928402,"sku":"9781933202891","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8c82c99a-831a-456f-88d5-93292303c22e.jpg?v=1728427724","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-a-close-verse-translation-9781933202891","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}