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Norton Critical Editions Ser.: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Laura L. Howes (2009, Trade Paperback)
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“Contexts” presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure, also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393930254
ISBN-139780393930252
eBay Product ID (ePID)72671639
Product Key Features
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameSir Gawain and the Green Knight
Publication Year2009
SubjectFolklore & Mythology, Historical, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Europe / Medieval
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorLaura L. Howes
SeriesNorton Critical Editions Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight9.5 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2009-041535
Dewey Edition23
Series Volume Number0
Dewey Decimal821/.1
Table Of ContentIntroduction The Metrical Forms Translator's Note The Translated Text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Contexts 1. Sir Gawain in Middle English 2. The Green Knight Enters, lines 130-50 3. Sir Gawain's Shield, lines 619-39 4. The Gift of the Green Girdle, lines 1846-69 5. Two Old French Gavain Romances 6. The Knight of the Sword 7. The Mule without a Bridle 8. From the Alliterative Morte Arthure 9. Feast at Christmas Criticism 1. Alain Renoir * Descriptive Technique in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 2. Marie Borroff * [The Challenge Episode: A Stylistic Interpretation] 3. J. A. Burrow * [Recognition and Confession at the Green Chapel] 4. A. Kent Hieatt * Sir Gawain: Pentangle, Luf-Lace, Numerical Structure 5. W. A. Davenport * [The Hero and His Adventure] 6. Ralph Hanna III * Unlocking What's Locked: Gawain's Green Girdle 7. Lynn Staley Johnson * [Regenerative Time in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight] 8. Jonathan Nicholls * [The Testing of Courtesy at Camelot and Hautdesert] 9. Geraldine Heng * Feminine Knots and the Other Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 10. Leo Carruthers * The Duke of Clarence and the Earls of March: Garter Knights and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Chronology Selected Bibliography
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Synopsis"Contexts" presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure , also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem. "Criticism" collects ten interpretive essays on the poem's central themes. Contributors include Alain Renoir, Marie Borroff, J. A. Burrow, A. Kent Hieatt, W. A. Davenport, Ralph Hanna III, Lynn Staley Johnson, Jonathan Nicholls, Geraldine Heng, and Leo Carruthers. A Chronology of important historical and literary dates and a Selected Bibliography are also included., The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, an essay on the metrical form, the translator's note, marginal glosses, and explanatory annotations to assist readers in the study of this canonical Arthurian romance. "Contexts" presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure, also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem. "Criticism" collects ten interpretive essays on the poem's central themes. Contributors include Alain Renoir, Marie Borroff, J. A. Burrow, A. Kent Hieatt, W. A. Davenport, Ralph Hanna III, Lynn Staley Johnson, Jonathan Nicholls, Geraldine Heng, and Leo Carruthers. A Chronology of important historical and literary dates and a Selected Bibliography are also included., The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, an essay on the metrical form, the translator's note, marginal glosses, and explanatory annotations to assist readers in the study of this canonical Arthurian romance. "Contexts" presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure , also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem. "Criticism" collects ten interpretive essays on the poem's central themes. Contributors include Alain Renoir, Marie Borroff, J. A. Burrow, A. Kent Hieatt, W. A. Davenport, Ralph Hanna III, Lynn Staley Johnson, Jonathan Nicholls, Geraldine Heng, and Leo Carruthers. A Chronology of important historical and literary dates and a Selected Bibliography are also included., This long-awaited Norton Critical Edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight includes Marie Borroff's celebrated, newly revised verse translation with supporting materials not to be found in any other single volume.
LC Classification NumberPR2065.G3A333 2009
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