Featuring both the Original text and a modern, Translated version, this fourteenth-century Arthurian poem tells the legendary tale of the mysterious Green Knight and Sir Gawain, a great knight of the Round Table.
This volume is not to be missed by fans of the famous legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table..
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Ragged Hand has proudly republished this classic poem in a beautiful new edition, complete with an introduction by K.
This high-quality edition features both William Allan Neilson\'s 1917 Translated text and the Original Version by the anonymous writer, known as the \'Pearl Poet\' or the \'Gawain Poet\'.
In stanzas of alliterative verse ending in a rhyming bob and wheel, the poem chronicles Sir Gawain\'s heroic quest.
Still alive, he picks up his head, and promises he will see Sir Gawain in a year and a day.
Yet, the intruder is undefeated.
He raises his axe and strikes off the head of the Green Knight.
It is the gallant Sir Gawain who takes this challenge on.
He who takes a blow at the Green Knight must be prepared to accept a return attack one year and one day later.
The Green Knight challenges King Arthur\'s legendary men to a wager.
The knights of the Round Table are celebrating Yuletide when their festivities are interrupted by the mystifying Green Knight riding on his Green horse.
Featuring both the Original text and a modern, Translated version, this fourteenth-century Arthurian poem tells the legendary tale of the mysterious Green Knight and Sir Gawain, a great knight of the Round Table
