๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ reviewed Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Brian Stone (Penguin classics ; L92)
Review of 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
'sir Gawayn & รพe grene knyศt' from north-west England in the late 1300s has a fantastic plot and composition. This edition (Penguin Classics) has a great translation and essays by [a:Brian Stone|128362|Brian Stone|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. I read much of it out-loud and would love to hear it performed (oh, to have witnessed the 1971 play at Newcastle!).
The only sour note came near the end when Gawain blamed all his troubles on women. (We can both acknowledge the culture that produced this attitude and criticise it as sexist and wrong.)
I can't wait to read [a:Simon Armitage|117631|Simon Armitage|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1302209089p2/117631.jpg]'s translation during christ-tide.