Sir Gawain and the Green Knight |
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| Introduction by:
| O'Donoghue, Bernard |
| Translator:
| O'Donoghue, Bernard |
| Series title: | Legends from the Ancient North Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-14-139370-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $14.00 |
Book Description:
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'A monstrous apparition strode in the door, One of the tallest creatures in the whole of the earth.' Legends from the Ancient North Beowulf The Elder Edda The Saga of the Volsungs Sir Gawain and the Green KnightThe Wanderer- Elegies, Epics, Riddles
These are the great epic stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit. Conjuring up a twilight world of quests, treachery, magic,...
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'A monstrous apparition strode in the door,
One of the tallest creatures in the whole of the earth.'
Legends from the Ancient North
Beowulf
The Elder Edda
The Saga of the Volsungs
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Wanderer- Elegies, Epics, Riddles
These are the great epic stories that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit. Conjuring up a twilight world of quests, treachery, magic, evil and fellowship, they are the most ancient narratives from Northern Europe and bring us as near as we will ever get to the origins of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Translated by Bernard O'Donoghue