Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
While the knights of King Arthur's Round Table toast the new year, a stranger in green armor interrupts with a challenge. Sir Gawain bravely steps up to strike the intruder's head, knowing he'll receive the same blow in a year. The medieval story of Gawain's journey to fulfill his promise blends pagan and Christian ethics to celebrate forgiveness. This edition, translated by Jessie Weston, presents the legend in both prose and verse.
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Once, during the new year's toast of the knights of King Arthur's Round Table, a huge stranger wearing green armor suddenly enters and issues a challenging task. The stranger claims that any knight can chop off his head provided he can receive the same blow from the Green Knight after a year. Only Sir Gawain, a brave, loyal knight, accepts the challenge. The story follows Sir Gawain's journey in fulfilling his promise. This medieval English literature piece combines paganistic and Christian values, ultimately celebrating forgiveness and serving as a chivalric masterpiece. This edition presents the story in two versions, translated by scholar Jessie Weston, in prose and in verse.
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Subject: Language Arts
Brand: Dover Publications
Publisher Date: 07/18/2018
Author: Jessie L. Weston(Translator)
Dimensions: 8.00 x 5.00
UPC: 9780486824437
Pages: 160
