The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A New Verse Translation
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A New Verse Translation
By (Author) Valerie Krishna
University Press of America
University Press of America
17th February 1983
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
821.1
Physical Properties
Paperback
114
Width 138mm, Height 215mm, Spine 11mm
195g
Description
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.
Reviews
...the translation should nonetheless be welcome to those college students of all levels and those general readers who have a sophisticated interest in Arthurian romance. -- Russell Hope Robbins, SUNY Albany * Choice Reviews *
...lively, readable, accurate, and altogether an excellent piece of work, which gives the reader a good flavor of the original poem. -- Russell Hope Robbins, SUNY Albany
...lively, readable, accurate, and altogether an excellent piece of work, which gives the reader a good flavor of the original poem. -- Russell Hope Robbins, SUNY Albany
...the translation should nonetheless be welcome to those college students of all levels and those general readers who have a sophisticated interest in Arthurian romance. -- Russell Hope Robbins, SUNY Albany * Choice Reviews *
Author Bio
Valerie Krishna is Professor of English at City College in New York. She is the author of The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A Critical Edition (1976), the poem in the original Middle English, with introduction, critical and textual notes, and glossary.
