Pearl-Poet: His Complete Works
$11.00 USD • Used
Sturdy. No underlines. A name is written inside the front cover.
The five poems of the great fourteenth-century poet who is considered the equal of Chaucer were until modern times little known...
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Sturdy. No underlines. A name is written inside the front cover.
The five poems of the great fourteenth-century poet who is considered the equal of Chaucer were until modern times little known, except among scholars. As Margaret Williams notes in her 'Patience,' 'Cleanness,' 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,' and 'Pearl' lay concealed in a unique manuscript in the British Museum, all but unread until 1839. . .Margaret Williams has translated all of the poems of the Pearl-Poet with fidelity to the original structure, but with a lyrical exuberance and grace that combine her own gifts as poet and scholar to the masterwork she translates
Product Info
Publisher: Random House
Year: 1967
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
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