Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.It is the height of Christmas and New Year's revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthur's court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a day's time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he finds—an almost irresistible seduction, shockingly b…
Mehr
CHF 18.50
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V113:
Lieferbar in ca. 20-45 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-375-70992-0
- EAN: 9780375709920
- Produktnummer: 19461133
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 208 S.
Über den Autor
W. S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in UnionCity, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 heworked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca. He has since lived inmany parts of the world, most recently on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands.His many books of poems, prose, and translations are listed at thebeginning of this volume. He has been the recipient of many awards andprizes, including the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (ofwhich he is now a Chancellor), the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, and theBollingen Prize in Poetry; most recently he has received the Governor'sAward for Literature of the state of Hawaii, the Tanning Prize for mastery inthe art of poetry, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, and theRuth Lilly Poetry Prize.
58 weitere Werke von W. S. Merwin:
Bewertungen
Anmelden