A New Verse Translation
| Translator | Simon Armitage |
| First Written | 1370 |
| Genre | Poetry |
| My Copy | library copy |
| First Read | December 24, 2017 |
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Notes
This is an amazingly fresh translation of a very old poem, brought to my attention by Robin Sloan's email newsletters. The language is highly alliterative, and thus very fun to read out loud - I read big passages of it to my kids, who were fairly into it!
Then, on Boxing Day, Robin Sloan did a live webcast of him reading the poem straight through - and my family listened to almost the whole thing. We drew pictures and built legos and did other things with our hands, and I gave small glosses of the action when the kids couldn't keep up. It was great.
Then, on Boxing Day, Robin Sloan did a live webcast of him reading the poem straight through - and my family listened to almost the whole thing. We drew pictures and built legos and did other things with our hands, and I gave small glosses of the action when the kids couldn't keep up. It was great.
Noted on January 13, 2018