A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien
for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love,
sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two
poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a
romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; but it
is also much more than this, being at the same time a powerful
moral tale which examines religious and social values. Pearl is
apparently an elegy on the death of a child, a poem pervaded with a
sense of great personal loss: but, like Gawain it is also a
sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters. Sir
Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different
tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien's. The three
translations represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes
of the originals.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollinsPublishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2006 |
Translators: |
J. R. R. Tolkien
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Readers: |
Terry Jones
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Dimensions: |
125 x 142 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Standard format
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Running time: |
265 minutes |
Edition: |
Unabridged edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-722361-9 |
Languages: |
English
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Subtitles: |
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)
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Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-00-722361-7 |
Barcode: |
9780007223619 |
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