Excerpt from Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fourteenth-Century Poem Done Into Modern English Gaston Paris called our poem the jewel of medi aeval English literature, and it is certainly the best single poem in that group, not excepting Chaucer's best work. It possesses in a small compass, the varied excellences of Chaucer, with much to which he neither attained, nor perhaps Wished to attain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is ...
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Excerpt from Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight: A Fourteenth-Century Poem Done Into Modern English Gaston Paris called our poem the jewel of medi aeval English literature, and it is certainly the best single poem in that group, not excepting Chaucer's best work. It possesses in a small compass, the varied excellences of Chaucer, with much to which he neither attained, nor perhaps Wished to attain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Good in good- jacket. 12mo. Light bump and wear to extrems. Tanning strip to feps. Owners name to ffep. Dw has wear and tears to edges. Loss to top corner of rear cover.
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First Edition Thus. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp.84 including Notes, Appendix, and Bibliography. Poetry. Introduction, Notes, and Bibliography by R.M. Wilson, M.A., Lecturer of the Department of English Language at the University of Sheffield. Original publisher's binding in terracotta linen with gilt lettering. Slightly brown otherwise very good indeed in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket slight nicks at edges.
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