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Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393060489ISBN 13: 9780393060485
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393060489ISBN 13: 9780393060485
Seller: ThriftBooks-Reno, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393060489ISBN 13: 9780393060485
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2007
ISBN 10: 0393060489ISBN 13: 9780393060485
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.05.
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2008
ISBN 10: 0393334155ISBN 13: 9780393334159
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Already a classic of modern translation, this fresh, vibrant work by dynamic British poet Simon Armitage updates the late 14th-century poem for a new generation. Thework is an unparalleled masterpiece of alliteration and rhyme, but it also transmits a free-flowing, colloquial twang that allows the poem to partake of the energies of contemporary speech. 'Compulsively readable' - Edward Hirsch. 208p.
Published by W. W. Norton, 2007
Seller: Brothertown Books, Deansboro, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. This is the translation into English by Simon Armitage from the Middle English of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", one of the greatest of Arthurian verse stories. Published in 2007 by W. W. Norton in New York, this is the First American Edition , hardcover format. The book is furnished with illuminating notes about Middle English meter by James Simpson. The original Middle English is given, with the modern translation on the facing pages. ******************************************** From the dust-jacket wrote-up : "Preserved by a single surviving manuscript dating from around 1400 AD, composed by an anonymous master, 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" was rediscovered only two hundred years ago, and published for the first time in 1839. One of the earliest great stories of English literature after 'Beowulf', the poem narrates the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupt the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager. The virtuous Gawain accepts and decapitates the intruder with his own axe. Gushing blood, the knight reclaims his head, orders Gawain to seek him out a year hence, and departs. Next Yuletide Gawain dutifully sets forth. His quest for the Green Knight involves a winter journey, a seduction scene in a dreamlike castle, a dire challenge answered - and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing." ******************************************* Said poet John Ashbery of Armitage's effort : "Simon Armitage's luscious version continues the tradition of great poet-translators ."/ Said Sean O'Brien of the 'Sunday Times' : "Armitage makes it utterly, even completely readable, and as fresh as it must have been in 1400." / Said Mark Ford of the 'Financial Times' : "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is one of the most haunting contributions of the 15th century to the legends of King Arthur and the Round Table. -- Armitage's version inventively recreates the original gnarled, hypnotic music, its vivid tableaux and landscapes, its weird, unsettling drama." ********************************************** TITLE : Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / AUTHOR : Anonymous / TRANSLATOR : Simon Armitage / INTRODUCTION : Simon Armitage / NOTES : James Simpson / IMPRINT : W. W. Norton / PLACE: New York / DATE : (2007) / EDITION : First American Edition / PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; printed with the original Middle English with modern translation place on the facing pages; contains notes onMiddle English poetry, background about the Gawain poet, and an Introduction by the author' 198 pages; approximately 6" x 9 1/4", quarter bound with pale green , paper-covered boards and black paper-covered spine; spine has silver-gilt lettering. photo-pictorial dust-jacket - a photograph of Simon Armitage is on the rear flap. ******************************************** CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD -- JACKET : NEAR VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable, with the following particulars noted :: EXTERIOR -- Clean, fresh and attractive with negligible signs of handling (compression to foot of spine). Text-block edges are clean./ BINDING -- Solid . one can tell that the book has been read, the text-block being not quite as tight as when issued. / INTERIOR -- There are impact creases to the top fore-edge corner tips - this is small in effect on each page, but is there. Else the interior is clean and free of marking. / DUST - JACKET -- There is a small tear on the bottom edge of the front panel, and starting from the tear there is creasing (or crimping) that extends almost halfway across the bottom . Slight nicking to top edge; surface rub is moderate, although the whole still has a glossy sheen. Front flap still has original price.