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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

a new verse translation
2008
An annotated edition of the late-medieval epic poem about a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening challenge at King Arthur's court, which Sir Gawain attempts to meet; presented in side-by-side Middle and modern English.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

the classic translation
2001
Presents Burton Raffel's translation of the fourteenth-century English poem in which a mysterious green-skinned knight interrupts Christmas at Camelot and presents a dangerous challenge, to which Sir Gawain steps up.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

a verse translation
1998
Presents a verse translation of the fourteenth-century Arthurian legend, and includes an introduction, textual note, bibliography, chronology, and explanatory notes.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

1982
Contains three stories from the age of chivalry, knights and holy quests.

The Saga of the Volsungs

the Norse epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer
2012
Contains a translation of the mythic and legendary tales of early Scandinavia, in which, the mythical deeds of the heroic Sigurd the dragon slayer and his family the Volsungs are reccounted.

The song of Roland

2002
Presents an English translation of the oldest existing epic poem in French, telling the tale of the massacre in 778 of Charlemagne's rearguard at Roncesvalles in northern Spain.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

a new verse translation
2002
A modern verse translation of the late-medieval, anonymously authored story of a mysterious green-skinned knight who puts forth a threatening challenge at King Arthur's court, which Sir Gawain attempts to meet; presented in side-by-side Middle and modern English.

Four romances of England

King Horn, Havelok the Dane, Bevis of Hampton, Athelston
1999

Sir Gawain

eleven romances and tales
1995

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