poems of the Pearl manuscript: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
ISBN:
9780713163438 (0713163437)
Publish date: March 19th 1978
Publisher: Edward Arnold
Pages no: 376
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Reference,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Religion,
Poetry
PearlPreviously familiar to me from Tolkien's translation.It's tough going for the uninitiated, using original spelling (i.e. thorn, yogh, "u" for "v" etc.) and the dialect makes it even more difficult. I found it harder going even than Piers Plowman which itself is more demanding than Chaucer's dia...