Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
"A dazzling recreation of the most memorable Middle English poem, and one that captures the original alliterative verse in all its dimensions: sense, sound, and rhythm." --Ad Putter, Professor of Medieval English Literature, University of Bristol"Accurate, poetic, and masterly, Joseph Glaser's translation ofSir Gawain and the Green Knightcaptures and replicates with brio the craftsmanship of the English romancer known as theGawain-poet. A brilliant Introduction by medievalist and romance expert Christine Chism invites readers' engagement with the text in addition to presenting reliable and up-to-date scholarly information about the work, its anonymous author, and its historical milieu. A finely executed and thought-provoking undergraduate edition of this medieval masterpiece." --Jordi Sanchez-Marti, Department of English Philology, University of Alicante"Accurate, poetic, and masterly, Joseph Glaser's translation ofSir Gawain and the Green Knightcaptures and replicates with brio the craftsmanship of the English romancer known as theGawain-poet. A brilliant Introduction by medievalist and romance expert Christine Chism invites readers' engagement with the text in addition to presenting reliable and up-to-date scholarly information about the work, its anonymous author, and its historical milieu. A finely executed and thought-provoking undergraduate edition of this medieval masterpiece." --Jordi Sánchez-Martí, Department of English Philology, University of Alicante"Accurate, poetic, and masterly, Joseph Glaser's translation ofSir Gawain and the Green Knightcaptures and replicates with brio the craftsmanship of the English romancer known as theGawain-poet. A brilliant Introduction by medievalist and romance expert Christine Chism invites readers' engagement with the text in addition to presenting reliable and up-to-date scholarly information about the work, its anonymous author, and its historical milieu. A finely executed and thought-provoking undergraduate edition of this medieval masterpiece." --Jordi Sánchez-Martí, Department of English Philology, University of Alicante