Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the misty halls of Arthurian legend emerges one of the most thrilling and morally complex tales of the Middle Ages — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century anonymous masterpiece of Middle English poetry that chronicles the fateful challenge issued to King Arthur's court by a towering, axe-wielding stranger clad entirely in green. Sir Gawain, the noblest of knights, accepts the challenge — a beheading game with dire consequences — and sets forth on a perilous year-long quest that tests not only his courage and chivalric honour, but the very core of his integrity. Written in alliterative verse by an unknown author now referred to as the Gawain Poet, this enduring work stands as one of the great achievements of medieval literature, weaving together themes of temptation, loyalty, identity, and the tension between courtly idealism and human frailty. Its sophisticated structure — replete with vivid imagery, psychological depth, and ironic wit — has earned it comparison to Chaucer's finest works. Whether read as a thrilling adventure, a moral allegory, or a nuanced study of knightly virtue, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight remains as provocative and captivating today as when it was first composed — leaving every reader to wonder: what would you sacrifice to save your own life?
Genre: Myths & legends
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the misty halls of Arthurian legend emerges one of the most thrilling and morally complex tales of the Middle Ages — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a 14th-century anonymous masterpiece of Middle English poetry that chronicles the fateful challenge issued to King Arthur's court by a towering, axe-wielding stranger clad entirely in green. Sir Gawain, the noblest of knights, accepts the challenge — a beheading game with dire consequences — and sets forth on a perilous year-long quest that tests not only his courage and chivalric honour, but the very core of his integrity. Written in alliterative verse by an unknown author now referred to as the Gawain Poet, this enduring work stands as one of the great achievements of medieval literature, weaving together themes of temptation, loyalty, identity, and the tension between courtly idealism and human frailty. Its sophisticated structure — replete with vivid imagery, psychological depth, and ironic wit — has earned it comparison to Chaucer's finest works. Whether read as a thrilling adventure, a moral allegory, or a nuanced study of knightly virtue, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight remains as provocative and captivating today as when it was first composed — leaving every reader to wonder: what would you sacrifice to save your own life?