{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-9780375709920","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","description":"A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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 brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villains--as he endeavors to fulfill his promise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: \"We seem to recognize him--his splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his grace--without being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10548350\"\u003eW. S. Merwin\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375709920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375709924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005020\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE014000\"\u003eEpic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW. S. Merwin was born in New York City in 1927 and grew up in Union\u003cbr\u003eCity, New Jersey, and in Scranton, Pennsylvania. From 1949 to 1951 he\u003cbr\u003eworked as a tutor in France, Portugal, and Majorca. He has since lived in\u003cbr\u003emany parts of the world, most recently on Maui in the Hawaiian Islands.\u003cbr\u003eHis many books of poems, prose, and translations are listed at the\u003cbr\u003ebeginning of this volume. He has been the recipient of many awards and\u003cbr\u003eprizes, including the Fellowship of the Academy of American Poets (of\u003cbr\u003ewhich he is now a Chancellor), the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, and the\u003cbr\u003eBollingen Prize in Poetry; most recently he has received the Governor's\u003cbr\u003eAward for Literature of the state of Hawaii, the Tanning Prize for mastery in\u003cbr\u003ethe art of poetry, a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award, and the\u003cbr\u003eRuth Lilly Poetry Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696617951469,"sku":"9780375709920","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_261d0427-bb83-4cec-ab16-edbd83a6039d.jpg?v=1649881587","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-9780375709920","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}