The Alliterative Morte Arthure: The Owl and the Nightingale and Five Other Middle English Poems

by John Gardner

Book Overview

Poets of every age deal with roughly the same human emotions, and for the experienced reader poetry is interesting or not depending upon the moment-by-moment intensity of its appeal. This skillful rendering by John Gardner of seven Middle English poems into sparklingly modern verse translation--most of them for the first time--represents a selection of poems that, generally, have real artistic value but are so difficult to read in the original...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809306484
• ISBN13: 9780809306480
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Early Arthurian legend

King Arthur in on of his early incarnations. This poem focuses on Arthur; his pride, ambition, and ruin. Look elsewhere for Holy Grail, Merlin, or Guinevere stories---not to be found in "Morte Arthure"