Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Edition 2

by J. R. R. Tolkien, Norman Davis, E. V. Gordon, E. V. (Eds.) Gordon

Overview

It's Christmas at Camelot and King Arthur won't begin to feast until he has witnessed a marvel of chivalry. A mysterious knight, green from head to toe, rides in and brings the court's wait to an end with an implausible challenge to the Round Table: he will allow any of the knights to strike him once, with a battle-axe no less, on the condition that he is allowed to return the blow a year hence. At the centre of the story of the challenge and its consequences is Arthur's brave favourite, Sir Gawain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198114864
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/31/1968
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	8.22(w) x 5.33(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series (The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King). After his death, his son Christopher Tolkien published books based on Tolkien's notes and unpublished manuscripts, including The Silmarillion.

Date of Birth:

January 3, 1892

Date of Death:

September 2, 1973

Place of Birth:

Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (South Africa)

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Education:

B.A., Exeter College, Oxford University, 1915; M.A., 1919

Editorial Reviews

"Quite simply the best edition there is!"—Nancy P. Stork, Stanford University

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