Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: No Worry Gawain: Original Text with Modern English Translation

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A giant green knight rides into Camelot on New Year's Day. He offers a game: anyone may strike him with his own axe — if they agree to receive the same blow one year later. Gawain accepts. He swings. The Green Knight picks up his own severed head and rides away laughing. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the greatest Arthurian romance in English — a story of honor, temptation, fear, and shame that has captivated readers for six centuries. The problem? It was written in a Middle English dialect so difficult that even Chaucer scholars struggle with it. This side-by-side edition puts the original medieval text on the left and a clear, modern English version on the right. Same passage, same page. When the Middle English defeats you, glance across. When the modern version grips you, look left to hear how the poet actually wrote it. What readers get: - The complete poem — all 2,530 lines, nothing cut - Original Middle English matched passage-for-passage with modern English - Brief summaries at the start of each of the four fitts - Notes explaining medieval customs and Arthurian references - Character guide Who this is for: - Students assigned Sir Gawain who need to understand the original text - Readers who loved the 2021 film "The Green Knight" and want the real poem - Medieval literature fans who want the original alongside a faithful rendering - Anyone who tried the poem and was stopped by the West Midlands dialect The beheading. The winter journey. The three temptations. The green girdle. The revelation. Every scene is here — and now you can actually read it.

ISBN-13:	979-8257188183
ASIN:	B0GX1XJYZ7
発売日:	2026/4/13
言語:	英語
商品の重量:	204 g
寸法:	15.24 x 0.58 x 22.86 cm