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Pearl: A New Verse Translation

By Simon Armitage (Translator)
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By Simon Armitage (Translator)
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Winner • PEN Award for Poetry in Translation

From the acclaimed translator of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a spellbinding new translation of this classic allegory of grief and consolation.

One of our most ingenious interpreters of Middle English, Oxford Professor of Poetry Simon Armitage is celebrated for his “compulsively readable” translations (New York Times Book Review). A perfect complement to his historic translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl reanimates another belo...

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