by J.A. Burrow · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140422955
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«Sir Gawain and the Green Knight» is the Arthurian epic poem edited by J.A. Burrow, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Narrative poem in Middle English, of alliterative tradition. At King Arthur's court, Gawain accepts the challenge of a mysterious Green Knight: to strike him and receive a blow in return after a year. On his winter journey, the stay in a castle and the trials he finds there test his courage, courtesy and loyalty.
Anonymous work composed around 1375 in the dialect of Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire; this edition includes notes and a glossary.
Suitable for students of medieval literature and for fans of Arthurian poetry, mythology and fantasy.
