Pearl: A Translation

by Jane Draycott

Jane Draycott's translation of Pearl reissued as a Carcanet Classic

A Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation

In a dream landscape radiant with jewels, a father sees his lost daughter on the far bank of a river: "my pearl, my girl." One of the great treasures of the British Library, the fourteenth-century poem Pearl is a work of poetic brilliance; its account of loss and consolation has retained its force across six...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784106593
• ISBN13: 9781784106591
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Carcanet Classics
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 8.3"