The Works of the Gawain Poet

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience, Cleanness

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Edited by Myra Stokes and Ad Putter

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About The Works of the Gawain Poet

A comprehensive and accessible volume of some of the best-loved medieval literature in its original Middle English

This volume brings together four works of the unknown fourteenth-century poet famous for the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, in their original Middle English. Also gathered here are the famous medieval texts Pearl, Cleanness, and Patience, complete with new scholarly apparatus to aid firsttime readers and experts alike.

For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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About Anonymous

Juan Mascaró taught at Oxford University, Parameshvara College at Jaffna, the University of Barcelona, and Cambridge University. He also translated The Dhammapada and The Upanishads for Penguin Classics. He died in 1987.

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Paperback
Published by Penguin Classics
Jun 30, 2015 | 1040 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140424140

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