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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780809306480
- Book Title
- Alliterative Morte Arthure : the Owl and the Nightingale and Five Other Middle English Poems
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Item Length
- 8 in
- Publication Year
- 1973
- Format
- Book, Trade Paperback, Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Poetry
- Topic
- Medieval, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Item Weight
- 13 Oz
- Item Width
- 5 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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Poets of every age deal with roughly the same human emotions, and for the experienced reader poetry is interesting or not depending upon the moment-by-moment intensity of its appeal. This skillful rendering by John Gardner of seven Middle English poems into sparklingly modern verse translation--most of them for the first time--represents a selection of poems that, generally, have real artistic value but are so difficult to read in the original that they are not as well known as they deserve to be. The seven poems are: The Alliterative Morte Arthure , Winner and Waster , The Parliament of the Three Ages , Summer Sunday , The Debate of Body and Soul , The Thrush and the Nightingale ,and The Owl and the Nightingale. The first four poems represent high points in the alliterative renaissance of the fourteenth century. Morte Arthure ,here translated for the first time in its entirety into modern verse, is the only heroic romance in Middle English--a work roughly in the same genre as the French Song of Roland. The other three poems have been included in the anthology as further poetic examples. With his employment of extensive comments and notes on the poems, Gardner provides a wealth of aids to appreciation and understanding of his outstanding translations. The anthology will be of interest to general readers as well as to students.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
0809306484
ISBN-13
9780809306480
eBay Product ID (ePID)
624076
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alliterative Morte Arthure : the Owl and the Nightingale and Five Other Middle English Poems
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1973
Topic
Medieval, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Format
Book, Trade Paperback, Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Reviews
John Gardner modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the #145;alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." — Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, John Gardner modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the ‘alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." — Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "John Gardner… modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plusWinÂner and Waster,Parliament of Three Ages,Summer Sunday,Debate of Body and Soul,andThrush and Nightingale,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." -Donald K. Fry,Library Journal, "John Gardner… modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul ,and Thrush and Nightingale ,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." - Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, John Gardner modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul ,and Thrush and Nightingale ,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the ‘alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." — Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, " John Gardner... modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus Winner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the ' alliterative revival' of later medieval England; regrettably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner' s making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreciations are lively and sensible." -- Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, "John Gardner… modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." - Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."— Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of me dieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guar antees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his schol arship might falter."— Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."-- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia "John Gardner... modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus Winner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul ,and Thrush and Nightingale ,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval England; regrettably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreciations are lively and sensible."-- Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."-Rossell Hope Robbins,Anglia, "John Gardner... modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus Winner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul ,and Thrush and Nightingale ,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval England; regrettably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreciations are lively and sensible." -- Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."-- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, " His proved literary creativity makes Gardner' s translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter." -- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, John Gardner modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus Win ner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul ,and Thrush and Nightingale ,generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the ‘alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regret tably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appre ciations are lively and sensible."— Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "John Gardner... modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus Winner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regrettably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreciations are lively and sensible." -- Donald K. Fry , Library Journal, "His proved literary creativity makes Gardner's translations of medieval poems exceptional, and superior to those by possibly more erudite interpreters; and his equally sure position as a teacher guarantees a basic fidelity to his sources where a poet lacking his scholarship might falter."-- Rossell Hope Robbins , Anglia, "John Gardner... modernizes rather than translates the title poems, plus WinÂner and Waster , Parliament of Three Ages , Summer Sunday , Debate of Body and Soul , and Thrush and Nightingale , generally preserving the original meter, alliteration, and vigor. The seven poems represent a sampling of the 'alliterative revival' of later medieval Engl∧ regretÂtably, all seven are seldom edited, rarely translated, and little studied or taught. So Gardner's making them available for the general reader is a real service. His appreÂciations are lively and sensible." -- Donald K. Fry , Library Journal
Lccn
73-007728
Table of Content
The alliterative Morte Arthure.--Winner and waster.--The parliament of the th ages.--Summer Sunday.--The debate of body and soul.--The thrush and the nightingale.--The owl and the nightingale.
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