Pearl

Borroff's translation of the Pearl poem makes this medieval work accessible to many audiences--to the student, to the scholar, to the average reader who wants to know more about the medieval world. The flavor of the middle English text is rich, like the original; Borroff's manipulation of the original text's concatenation brings the pleasure of this poem to the average reader who might otherwise find the original unapproachable.The introductory material clarifies for readers new to medieval texts the strategies and the contexts of the poem. Armed with the introduction, the reader can further appreciate the genius of the anonymous Pearl poet and gain a sense of the place this poem has in the canon of English literature.This book is a "must read" for those who want to know the medieval world better and who are not able to devote the time to read the text in its original language.