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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : With Pearl and Sir Orfeo

Name: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : With Pearl and Sir Orfeo
Author: Tolkien, J.R.R.
ISBN: 0048210358

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A fine copy. This edition of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Pearl, an elegy on the death of a child, a poem evoking a sense of great personal loss. Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien's. 149pp.

Author Tolkien, J.R.R.

Date 1975

Binding Hardcover

Publisher George Allen & Unwin

Condition Fine

Pages 149

Price: £50.00

Offered by Rickaro Books

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