Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classics) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451528182 ISBN 13: 9780451528186

Publisher: Signet Classics, 2001

Synopsis

The Green Knight, a mysteriously powerful creature, tests the honor and courage of King Arthur's youngest knight.

About this title

About the Author:

Burton Raffel has taught English, Classics, and Comparative Literature at universities in the United States, Israel, and Canada. His books include translations of Beowulf, Horace: Odes, Epodes, Epistles, Satires, The Complete Poetry and Prose of Chairil Anwar, From the Vietnamese, Ten Centuries of Poetry, The Complete Poetry of Osip Emilevich, Mandelstram (with Alla Burago), and Poems From the Old English and The Annotated Milton; several critical studies, Introduction to Poetry, How to Read a Poem, The Development of Modern Indonesian Poetry, and The Forked Tounge: A Study of the Translation Process; and Mia Poems, a volume of his own poetry. Mr. Raffel practiced law on Wall Street and taught in the Ford Foundation’s English Language Teacher Training Project in Indonesia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0451528182
• ISBN 13: 9780451528186
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 144