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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ISBN
9780140424829
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
03-08-2006
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Penguin Books Ltd
Auteur(s)
Bernard O'Donoghue
Vertaler
Bernard O'Donoghue

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Bernard O'Donoghue
Leesfragment
€8,49
  • Composed
  • during
  • the
  • fourteenth
  • century
  • in
  • the
  • English
  • Midlands,
  • Sir
  • Gawain
  • and
  • the
  • Green
  • Knight
  • describes
  • the
  • events
  • that
  • follow
  • when
  • a
  • mysterious
  • green-coloured
  • knight
  • rides
  • into
  • King
  • Arthur's
  • Camelot
  • in
  • deep
  • mid-winter.
  • The
  • mighty
  • knight
  • presents
  • a
  • challenge
  • to
  • the
  • court:
  • he
  • will
  • allow
  • himself
  • to
  • be
  • struck
  • by
  • one
  • blow,
  • on
  • the
  • condition
  • that
  • he
  • will
  • be
  • allowed
  • to
  • return
  • the
  • strike
  • on
  • the
  • following
  • New
  • Year's
  • Eve.
  • Sir
  • Gawain
  • takes
  • up
  • the
  • challenge,
  • decapitating
  • the
  • stranger
  • -
  • only
  • to
  • see
  • the
  • Green
  • Knight
  • seize
  • up
  • his
  • own
  • severed
  • head
  • and
  • ride
  • away,
  • leaving
  • Gawain
  • to
  • seek
  • him
  • out
  • and
  • honour
  • their
  • pact.
  • Blending
  • Celtic
  • myth
  • and
  • Christian
  • faith,
  • Gawain
  • is
  • among
  • the
  • greatest
  • Middle
  • English
  • poems:
  • a
  • tale
  • of
  • magic,
  • chivalry
  • and seduction.
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