Sir gawain and the green knight - 2nd ed

This Norton Critical Edition includes: Marie Borroff's acclaimed verse translation, marginal glosses and explanatory footnotes. Laura L. Howes's full introduction along with Borroff's seminal essay, "The Metrical Forms" as well as her "Translator's Note". For comparative study and classroom discussion, two French tales of Sir Gawain, four selections from the original Middle English poem and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure. Nine critical essays on the poem's central themes, four of them new to the Second Edition. A chronology and a selected bibliography. About the SeriesRead by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format-annotated text, contexts and criticism-helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.

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• Assisted by: Laura L. Howes (Editor), Laura L. (University of Tennessee) Howes (Editor), Howes Laura L. (Editor), Marie Borroff (Translation), Marie (Yale University) Borroff (Translation), Borroff Marie (Translation)
• Publisher: Norton W W Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780393532463
• ISBN: 978-0-393-53246-3
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 215 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Norton Critical Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Fantasy, POETRY / General, Poetry, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, Ireland, Historical fantasy, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Medieval style, 6th century, c 500 to c 599