Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Gardner transl.)

Translator: John Gardner

ISBN: 9780226283289

Binding: paperback

Section: Literature of the Middle Ages

Here John Gardner relates the adventures and challenges of Sir Gawain, King Arthur’s nephew and a knight at the Round Table, including his duel with the mysterious Green Knight, among the oldest and best known of Arthurian stories. Besides the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, this edition includes two allegorical poems, “Purity” and “Patience”; the beautiful dream allegory “Pearl”; and the miracle story “Saint Erkenwald,” all attributed to the same anonymous poet, a contemporary of Chaucer and an artist of the first rank.