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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: WITH Pearl and Sir Orfeo | 
 enlarge | Author: J.r.r. Tolkien
Creator: Terry Jones
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £19.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 287207
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0007223617
EAN: 9780007223619
ASIN: 0007223617
Publication Date: April 17, 2006
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Condition: NEW AND SEALED.PLEASE NOTE THERE IS A CRACK ALONG FRONT OF BOX
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Faithful Translations November 23, 2004
Pamela A Drouin (Florida, USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I must clarify that "A Reader" is incorrect in stating that King Orfeo's daughter is kidnapped, rather it was his wife. "Sir Orfeo" is based on the classical myth of Orpheus and Euridice, where the characters are renamed by the anonymous poet as Orfeo and Heurodis. This Breton Lay has a decidedly happier ending than the classic version. This lay is heavily Christianized, but the Celtic elements also present render it a complex and sophisticated poem, difficult to pin down in a single interpretation. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" is perhaps the best Middle English work, but "Sir Orfeo" is a close second. I am pleased with Tolkein's translation, which is faithful to the Auchinleck Manuscript (as far as I can tell, it doesn't say in my copy of the book which MS it is based on).
Quite academic but still great! August 4, 2001
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
I thought that these were children's stories, but they are actually some middle english poems, translated into modern English. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a tale of one of King Arthur's knight, Sir Gawain. One night a green knight comes in and offers a challenge - he challenges someone to cut off his head, providing that he does the same to them. Gawain beheads him, but he picks up his head and walks away! Now Gawain must redeem his pledge. Pearl is a poem written by a grieving father. He falls asleep at the spot where his daughter died. He sees her in Paradise, and talks with her. Unlike Sir Gawain, it is a rhyming poem. Sir Orfeo is about King Orfeo whose daughter has been kidnapped by elves. It is based on the Greek Myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. This book is quite heavy, but if you want a bit of a challenge and also an interesting read, I would recommend this book.
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