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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Af: Michael Smith Engelsk Hardback

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Af: Michael Smith Engelsk Hardback
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It is New Year at Camelot and a mysterious green knight appears at King Arthur’s court. Challenging the knights of the Round Table to a Christmas game, he offers his splendid axe as a prize to whoever is brave enough to behead him with just one strike. The condition is that his challenger must seek him out in a year and a day to have the deed returned. Sir Gawain accepts and decapitates the stranger, only to see him pick up his head, walk out of the hall and ride away on his horse. Now Gawain must complete his part of the bargain, search for his foe and confront what seems his doom… 

Michael Smith’s translation of this magnificent Arthurian romance draws on his intimate experience of the North West of England and his knowledge of mediaeval history, culture and architecture. He takes us back to the original poetic form of the manuscript and brings it alive for a modern audience, while revealing the poem’s historic and literary context.

The book is beautifully illustrated throughout with detailed recreations of the illuminated lettering in the original manuscript and the author’s own linocut prints, each meticulously researched for contemporary accuracy. This is an exciting new edition that will appeal both to students of the Gawain-poet and the general reader alike. 

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It is New Year at Camelot and a mysterious green knight appears at King Arthur’s court. Challenging the knights of the Round Table to a Christmas game, he offers his splendid axe as a prize to whoever is brave enough to behead him with just one strike. The condition is that his challenger must seek him out in a year and a day to have the deed returned. Sir Gawain accepts and decapitates the stranger, only to see him pick up his head, walk out of the hall and ride away on his horse. Now Gawain must complete his part of the bargain, search for his foe and confront what seems his doom… 

Michael Smith’s translation of this magnificent Arthurian romance draws on his intimate experience of the North West of England and his knowledge of mediaeval history, culture and architecture. He takes us back to the original poetic form of the manuscript and brings it alive for a modern audience, while revealing the poem’s historic and literary context.

The book is beautifully illustrated throughout with detailed recreations of the illuminated lettering in the original manuscript and the author’s own linocut prints, each meticulously researched for contemporary accuracy. This is an exciting new edition that will appeal both to students of the Gawain-poet and the general reader alike. 

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9781783525607
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1783525606
Kategori: 1000 til 1500
Udg. Dato: 26 jul 2018
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 241mm
Højde: 163mm
Forlag: Boundless Publishing Group Ltd
Oplagsdato: 26 jul 2018
Forfatter(e): Michael Smith
Forfatter(e) Michael Smith

Kategori 1000 til 1500

ISBN-13 9781783525607

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 241mm

Højde 163mm

Udg. Dato 26 jul 2018

Oplagsdato 26 jul 2018

Forlag Boundless Publishing Group Ltd