![]() ![]() Tolkien’s vivid translations of these classic poems represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals. ![]() Interpreted in a form designed to appeal to the general reader, J.R.R. Worn out by grief, he falls asleep and dreams of meeting her in a bejewelled fantasy world. Arthur’s brave favorite for the challenge is Sir Gawain…Īccompanying Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in this book are Sir Orfeo, a medieval version of the story of Orpheus and Euridice, a love so strong that it overcame death, and Pearl, the moving tale of a man in a graveyard mourning his baby daughter, lost like a pearl that slipped through his fingers. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court’s wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. It’s Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won’t begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. THREE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH POEMS, WITH TRANSLATION AND COMMENTARY BY J.R.R. ![]() EBook Description: SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, AND SIR ORFEO
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