The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A New Verse Translation
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144 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0819130354
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Language: English
Publish: 418982400000
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One of the finest narrative poems of the Middle Ages translated in its entirety by a recognized authority on the poem. This volume represents an important chapter in the evolution of the Arthurian legend. It is marked as an epic poem by its celebration of battle and conquest and its unsentimental depiction of combat and death.