The Alliterative Morte Arthure: The Owl and the Nightingale and Five Other Middle English Poems
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Book Overview
Poets of every age deal with roughly the same human emotions, and for the experienced reader poetry is interesting or not depending upon the moment-by-moment intensity of its appeal. This skillful rendering by John Gardner of seven Middle English poems into sparklingly modern verse translation--most of them for the first time--represents a selection of poems that, generally, have real artistic value but are so difficult to read in the original...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0809306484
ISBN13:9780809306480
Release Date:September 1973
Publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.78 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"
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Early Arthurian legend
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
King Arthur in on of his early incarnations. This poem focuses on Arthur; his pride, ambition, and ruin. Look elsewhere for Holy Grail, Merlin, or Guinevere stories---not to be found in "Morte Arthure"
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