{"product_id":"9780007254293_sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-with-pearl-and-sir-orfeo","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: With Pearl and Sir Orfeo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eA collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; but it is also much more than this, being at the same time a powerful moral tale which examines religious and social values.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePearl is apparently an elegy on the death of a child, a poem pervaded with a sense of great personal loss: but, like Gawain it is also a sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three translations represent the complete rhyme and alliterative schemes of the originals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection of these epic poems, steeped in the rich history of Britain, offers a glimpse into the English, Welsh, and Scottish cultures during the period of 1066-1485. The tales, a blend of fantasy and reality, are a testament to the conquests and the Norman influence that shaped the European landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Christopher A. Snyder (Making of Middle-earth), Tom Shippey (The Road to Middle-Earth), Alan Sisto (Why We Love Middle-earth), John Garth (The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien), and Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins AU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889128296597,"sku":"9780007254293","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007254293_2e31a348-32ac-4ea3-9484-30f06caafc6d.jpg?v=1776888159","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007254293_sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-with-pearl-and-sir-orfeo","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}