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SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
de Merwin, W.S
- Usado
- Estado
- Ver descripción
- ISBN 10
- 0375414762
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414763
- Librería
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Columbia, Missouri, United States
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Sobre este artículo
2002. 2002 Merwin, WS SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT NY: Alfred A Knopf, 2002 First Edition 171pp 8vo Fine copy in d/w.
Sinopsis
A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.It is the height of Christmas and New Year's revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur's court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a day's time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds--an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains--as he endeavors to fulfill his promise.Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: "We seem to recognize him--his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace--without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him."From the Hardcover edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 67007
- Título
- SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT
- Autor
- Merwin, W.S
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0375414762
- ISBN 13
- 9780375414763
- Editorial
- Knopf
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 2002
- Palabras clave
- POETRY
Términos de venta
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Books are returnable for a refund
if not as described.
Sobre el vendedor
Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Columbia, Missouri
Sobre Columbia Books, Inc. ABAA/ILAB
30,000 books in stock, with special emphasis on gardening,
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
art and textiles, poetry, children\'s and illustrated, Missouriana, antiquarian books.
Prints and maps are stocked as well.
Established 1977, member ABAA/ILAB
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