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The Brian Stone Translation

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Translated and with an instroduction by Brian Stone
Penguin Books, updated second edition version 1974 (original version 1959)
Approx 186 Pages

This book contains a number of additional items for further study:

• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Fit I, II, III, IV)
• The Common Enemy of Man (an essay on the Green Knight)
• Gawain's "Eternal Jewel" (An Essay on the moral nature of Gawain)
• The Poem as Play (Performed at Newcastle, Christmas 1971)
• The Manuscript
• Theories about the Poet
• The Pentangle and its Significance
• Notes on Arthurian Matters
• Extracts from the Original Poem
• Bibliographical references in the text
• Bibliographical Suggestions for the Students
• Notes

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