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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Paperback)

by Simon Armitage (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (6 Mar 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 057122329X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571223299
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 160,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Armitage rises to the challenge of translating this mysterious tale of chivalry, supernatural forces and seduction.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.


Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Paperback Choice of the Week

'It might even be the best translation of any poem I've ever seen.' --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fab, 29 Mar 2008
By Jonathan Birch (Manchester) - See all my reviews
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If you only show your children one poem, make sure it's this one. The touching and powerful Arthurian legend is brought to life miraculously in this rendition by Simon Armitage, which (unlike previous translations) will never leave you scratching your head and saying "What does that mean?" Despite retaining the strange and lovely alliterative verse of the original, the poem is lucid, accessible, fresh and modern. Here is a poem for ordinary people, not just Medievalists and English students.

Armitage adds a nice introduction, suggesting how we can find a contemporary resonance in the poem. Gawain's story is not merely an exploration of Christian morality, but also, through vivid imagery of the natural world, aims to remind us of our own relationship with our nature and with nature as we find it all around us. The Green Knight is green for a reason (he thinks).
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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Muscular and modern revival, 27 Jan 2007
By TR (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Hardcover)
A terrific book. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an early classic of English Literature - lost until the 19th century. This is a very readable, witty, bright translation with Simon Armitage's customary edge. In places: warm, funny, violent, dramatic, sexual. I've long been a big fan of Armitage - a Yorkshire writer who uses language brilliantly and has proved to be extremely versatile as poet, editor, playwright, novelist, non-fiction prose stylist and more recently translator. His Homer's Odyssey was a pleasure; Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a delight. This would make a great Christmas present (much of the setting is Christmas/New Year) for anyone who enjoys literature.
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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Utterly compelling, 10 Feb 2007
This review is from: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Hardcover)
Thoroughly enjoyable, muscular, vivid, exciting rendition of this wonderful poem: I first read the original at university and loved it then. But Armitage's modernisation brings the text to life for those readers who aren't ever going to need or want to tackle Middle English. I can't recommend it too highly. It is beautifully paced, extremely detailed and accessible without in any way dumbing down. I really felt as though I was in the poem, particularly in the third and fourth sections where Gawain faces a moral dilemma.

Terrific. Simon Armitage is the true Poet Laureate of Britain, bringing our literary heritage to a fresh audience.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Having seen his program on this on TV recently, I was moved to buy the book! I have of course read this story before, albeit many years ago, but in a more prose form. Read more
Published 8 days ago by A. J. White

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loved this poem, Simon Armitage`s translation is easy to read and rolls of the tongue whilst keeping to the spirit of the original.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reading, a romp, and a rare delight / You'll love this tale of Gawain and the knight
I knew of - rather than knew - this knight's tale
Of Gawain and the green man in his horrid green vale. Read more
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where the great and the good of the land had gathered .. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great edition of a great tale
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A fabulous translation into modern English which is a pleasure to read but also resonant and powerfully suggestive of the original, a treat over Christmas time or indeed any time.
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