Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Anonymous
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A New Verse Translation

Author: Anonymous, Simon Armitage

Narrator: Bill Wallis

Unabridged: 5 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2007

Synopsis

The famous Middle English poem by an anonymous English poet is beautifully translated by fellow poet Simon Armitage in this edition. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight narrates in crystalline verse the strange tale of a green knight who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager. The virtuous Gawain accepts and decapitates the intruder with his own ax. Gushing blood, the knight reclaims his head, orders Gawain to seek him out a year hence, and departs. Next Yuletide Gawain dutifully sets forth. His quest for the Green Knight involves a winter journey, a seduction scene in a dream-like castle, a dire challenge answered, and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing.

About Anonymous

anonymous — 1. not named or identified 2. of unknown authorship or origin

About Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage is a British poet, playwright, and novelist. He has received numerous awards for his poetry, including the Sunday Times Young Author of the Year, one of the first Forward Prizes, a Lannan Award, and the Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize. Additionally, Armitage writes for radio, television, and film, and was recently elected Oxford Professor of Poetry.

About Bill Wallis

Bill Wallis has performed in over two hundred radio series and plays, while among his numerous productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company are The Alchemist, The Master Builder, and Twelfth Night. He is also a prolific film and television actor, having made numerous appearances in such productions as Keep the Aspidistra Flying, Midsomer Murders, Bad Girls, Doctors, Poirot, and as Dr. Nick MacKenzie in Dangerfield.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashleigh (a frolic through fiction)

I actually can't believe how much I loved this! I was looking forward to it, but something about it just enchanted me entirely.......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Sir Gawain of Camelot encounters, in this poem of the late 14th century, a formidable antagonist – a knight in green armour, who displays supernatural powers and makes a deadly pact with Gawain at King Arthur’s court one New Year’s Day. And in the process of trying to fulfill that grim bargain, even......more

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Books
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