Bibliograph

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, [translated by] Simon Armitage

Type

Label

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, [translated by] Simon Armitage

Language

eng

resource.accompanyingMatter

libretto or text

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

not applicable

Literary text for sound recordings

other

Main title

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Medium

sound recording audiobook download

Responsibility statement

[translated by] Simon Armitage

Summary

This translation narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager. The virtuous Gawain accepts, and decapitates the intruder with his own axe. Gushing blood, the knight reclaims his head, orders Gawain to seek him out a year hence, and departs. Next Yuletide Gawain dutifully sets forth. His quest for the Green Knight involves a winter journey, a seduction scene in a dream-like castle, a dire challenge answered, and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing

Target audience

general

Classification