Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198114869 ISBN 13: 9780198114864

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1925

Synopsis

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The study of Sir Gawain, the finest of all the English medieval romances, was signally advanced by the publication in 1925 of the edition by the late Professors Tolkien and Gordon. This remained the most widely used text of the poem; but after forty years the time came for revision.

The new edition pursues the aim of the first--to present an accurate text pleasantly, with sufficient apparatus to enable a reader to understand the rich but difficult language, and so to reach for himself an informed appreciation of the poem. The text, and the uniquely full glossary, were revised to take account of recent views. The Introduction, Notes, and Linguistic Appendix were largely rewritten; and the book was entirely reset.

About the Author:

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien CBE (1892-1973) is best known as the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. He was a professor of Anglo-Saxon language at Oxford from 1925 to 1945, and of English language and literature, also at Oxford, from 1945 to 1959.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1925
• ISBN 10: 0198114869
• ISBN 13: 9780198114864
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Tolkien J. R. R.