Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Simon Armitage Christmas gift edition of Armitages hugely popular translation: with revised text, and colour illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When a mysterious green knight arrives unbidden at Camelot one Christmas, only the young and inexperienced Gawain is brave or foolhardy enough to take up his challenge ...This story, first told in the late fourteenth century, is one of the most enthralling, enigmatic and beloved poems in the English language. Simon Armitages version is meticulously responsive to the tact, sophistication and dramatic intensity of the original. It is as if, six hundred years apart, two poets set out on a journey through the same mesmeric landscape - physical, allegorical and acoustic - in the course of which the Gawain poet has finally found his true translator.The poems key episodes have been visualised into a series of bold, richly textured screen-prints by British artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins. They are reproduced here, alongside Armitages revised text, to create a special edition of this marvellous classic. Notes A Christmas gift edition of Simon Armitages translation of the ancient Arthurian legend, with revised text and colour illustrations from Clive Hicks-Jenkins. Author Biography Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published eleven collections of poetry, including Seeing Stars (2010), Paper Aeroplane: Selected Poems 1989-2014 (2014) and The Unaccompanied (2017). He writes extensively for television and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998), Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy, performed at Shakespeares Globe in 2014. In 2015 he was appointed Professor of Poetry at Oxford University.Clive Hicks-Jenkins is a British artist known especially for narrative paintings and artists books. His paintings are represented in all the main public collections in Wales and across the UK, and his artists books are found in libraries internationally. In 2011, the National Library of Wales held a retrospective exhibition, and Lund Humphries published a substantial monograph devoted to his work, in which Simon Callow called him one of the most individual and complete artists of our time. Promotional The Poet Laureates thrilling and accessible translation of the great medieval poem Long Description Christmas gift edition of Armitages hugely popular translation: with revised text, and colour illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins. When a mysterious green knight arrives unbidden at Camelot one Christmas, only the young and inexperienced Gawain is brave or foolhardy enough to take up his challenge ... This story, first told in the late fourteenth century, is one of the most enthralling, enigmatic and beloved poems in the English language. Simon Armitages version is meticulously responsive to the tact, sophistication and dramatic intensity of the original. It is as if, six hundred years apart, two poets set out on a journey through the same mesmeric landscape - physical, allegorical and acoustic - in the course of which the Gawain poet has finally found his true translator. The poems key episodes have been visualised into a series of bold, richly textured screen-prints by British artist Clive Hicks-Jenkins. They are reproduced here, alongside Armitages revised text, to create a special edition of this marvellous classic. Promotional "Headline" The Poet Laureates thrilling and accessible translation of the great medieval poem Details ISBN0571340164 Author Simon Armitage Pages 168 Publisher Faber & Faber Year 2018 ISBN-10 0571340164 ISBN-13 9780571340163 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2018-10-18 Media Book Imprint Faber & Faber Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 821.1 Language English Illustrator Clive Hicks-Jenkins UK Release Date 2018-10-18 AU Release Date 2018-10-18 Narrator Gracie Allen Birth 1868 Death 1936 Affiliation Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Position Professor of Early Medieval History Qualifications M.S., RN-CS, Pnp Edition Description Main Audience General NZ Release Date 2018-11-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123565955;

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