{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-william-vantuono-9780268017675","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis comprehensive, critical edition of \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e is the fruit of William Vantuono's research on the fourteenth-century romance. In combining fantasy and realism, \u003ci\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/i\u003e praises court life with an undercurrent of satire against a declining chivalric ideal. The poem calls up from the mythic past the shadows of archetypal figures, yet inspires modern psychoanalytic interpretations, and entertains while teaching a moral-religious lesson. The heart of this edition is the Middle English text, with a Modern English verse translation on facing pages and extensive notes at the bottom of the pages. A discussion of the manuscript, the anonymous poet and his other poems, the structure of the poem and its audience, themes, characterization, and purpose serves as a valuable introduction to the classic. With this translation, Vantuono aims to follow the original as closely as possible without sacrificing the poem's essential meaning and mood. The notes reveal the literal sense of the Middle English vocabulary where necessary changes were made for poetic effect. The reader is therefore able to compare the Middle English original, the translation, and the notes to learn about the old language, the content of the poem, the poet's artistry, and the process of translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Vantuono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268017670\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268017675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 6.12w x 1.11d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 87 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"William Vantuono","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946376560895,"sku":"9780268017675","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7f0e0b5c-ea91-472e-98b4-e0a9a3bbe2ea.jpg?v=1681512797","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-william-vantuono-9780268017675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}