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Originally published by Tolkien in 1927, this is the standard text and edition of the medieval romamce poem, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, published in this revised edition in 1967, and here in a reprint from 1985. Light Tanning to the page block.
NB - THIS IS IN THE ORIGINAL MIDDLE ENGLISH ONLY - not the modern prose or poem translation - which Tolkien also subsequently published. ( THERE ARE EXTENSIVE NOTES AND COMMENTARIES ON THE TEXT ALSO)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a 14th century manuscript. In 1925 Tolkien and E.V Gordon published a scholarly edition of it. It was not a translation, though Tolkien did make one: it was published later along with his translations of Pearl and Sir Orfeo.
The study of Sir Gawain, the finest of all the English medieval romances, was signally advanced by the publication in 1925 of the edition by the late Professors Tolkien and Gordon. This remained the most widely used text of the poem; but after forty years the time came for revision. The new edition pursues the aim of the first – to present an accurate text pleasantly, with sufficient apparatus to enable a reader to understand the rich but difficult language, and so to reach for himself an informed appreciation of the poem. The Text, and the iniquely full glossary, were revised to take account of recent views. The Introduction, Notes, and Linguistic Appendix were largely rewritten; and the book was entirely reset.
Condition - very good, light creasing to the back cover, and creases to spine.
