Sir Gawain e il cavaliere verde. Perla e sir Orfeo

One of the classic Arthurian texts, and it has had a lot more attention since the release of the recent movie adaptation. I read it originally quite a few years ago, but the details had strayed from my mind, so it was like reading it for the first time again. This is an awesome Arthurian story in my Leggi tutto

This is Tolkien's translation of the Middle English poems of the same name of which I shall especially detail the one about Sir Gawain (King Arthur's nephew). The poem is a late 14th-century chivalric romance. It starts at a New Year's Eve celebration in Camelot where a green knight arrives and offer Leggi tutto

The Struggle Against Nature 28 September 2011 This middle English poem is said by some to be the greatest poem of Middle English literature, however it does have to compete with The Canterbury Tales for that title, something that I am not going to go into since I have not have the chance to read Cha Leggi tutto

Retko kada, ili gotovo upste, nekoj Tolkinovoj knjizi ne dajem ocenu manju od 5 zvezdica. Ipak jedino sto mi u ovoj kompilaciji prevoda kvari utisak je delo Pearl. Necu objasnjavati zasto, neka to ostane ostane mala tajna i upitnik za one koji se odluce da procitaju ovu knjigu. Zato Sir Gawain and t Leggi tutto

Avventura, cavalleria, miti arturiani, esoterismo, misticismo, amore e morte in tre poemetti medioevali (4 con il breve Congedo di Sir Gawain alla fine, prime strofe di un altro poema che con il cavaliere nulla avevano a che fare ma che si prestavano al fabbisogno dell'autore) che attirarono l'atten Leggi tutto

I love the Green Knight story, although I feel like the GK was a bit unfair to Gawain. Even though I am a Tolkien fan, I have to warn you away from his translation in favor of Simon Armitage 's. Here's a sample of Tolkien's translation: 'If I tell thee the truth of it, when I have taken the knock, and Leggi tutto

Such a lovely collection of fourteenth century gems! Sir Gawain is a delight, of course, as is this version of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, but it is Pearl that has swept me away. I've heard about the Pearl Poet since high school, but for some strange reason had never read the Pearl Poet's Pearl. I Leggi tutto

Поезія - то не моє. Але оцінка стосується більше краси видання, перекладу. Скажу чесно - купила “Сер Ґавейн” лише тому, що дивилася нещодавно однойменний фільм, який видався мені не дуже зрозумілим, тому захотілося перечитати цю історію, яка виявилася досить повчальною та цікавою. Фільм принагідно т Leggi tutto