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Ancient Irish Talesby Tom Peete CrossISBN 0389202541 (0-389-20254-1)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Ancient Mythsby Norma Lorre GoodrichISBN 0451627938 (0-451-62793-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Ancient Myths: Vivid Recreations of the Oldest Stories in the World...by Norma L. GoodrichISBN 0452011299 (0-452-01129-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Art and Myth in Ancient Greece: A Handbookby Thomas H. CarpenterISBN 0500202362 (0-500-20236-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Black Ships Before Troyby Rosemary Sutcliff, Alan LeeISBN 0385310692 (0-385-31069-2)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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The Book of Lost Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345375211 (0-345-37521-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lost Tales'Book summary:This second part of THE BOOK OF LOST TALES includes the tale of Beneren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, Necklace of the Dwarves, and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with the texts of associated poems, as well as information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. [via]
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Softcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Book of Lost Tales: ISBN 0395354390 (0-395-35439-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin - The Book of Lost Tales: ISBN 0345375211 (0-345-37521-1)
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The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1by J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395409276 (0-395-40927-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1'Book summary:The Book of Lost Tales was the first major work of imagination by J.R.R. Tolkien, begun in 1916, when he was twenty-five years old, and left incomplete several years later. It stands at the beginning of the entire conception of Middle-earth and Valinor, for the Lost Tales were the first form of the myths and legends that came to be called The Silmarillion. Embedded in English legend and association, they are set in the narrative frame of the great westward voyage of a mariner named Eriel (or AElfwine). His destination is Tol Eressea, the Lonely Isle where Elves dwell; from them he learns their true history, the Lost Tales of Elfinesse. The Tales include the earliest accounts of Gods and Elves, Dwarves, Balrogs, and Orcs; of the Silmarils and the Two Trees of Valinor; of Nargothrond and Gondolin; of the geography and cosmography of their invented world.[via]
The Book of Lost Tales is published in two volumes. The first contains the Tales of Valinor; and this second past includes Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin. Each tale is followed by a commentary, together with associated poems, and each volume contains extensive information on names and vocabulary of the earliest Elvish languages. Additional books in this series will extend the history of Middle-earth as it was refined and enlarged in later years and will include the long Lays of Beleriand, the Ambarkanta or Shape of the World, the Lhammas or Account of Tongues, annals, maps, and many other previously unpublished writings of J.R.R. Tolkien.More editions of The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1:
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British and Irish Mythology: An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legendby John Matthews, Caitlin MatthewsISBN 0261666517 (0-261-66651-7)
Hardcover, Diamond Books
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Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythologyby Jennifer R. MarchISBN 030435788X (0-304-35788-X)
Softcover, Cassell
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology'Book summary:An award winner by an expert on ancient Greek culture! Gods and goddesses, personalities and places, history and archeology: this fascinating and superbly authoritative work taps into the richest veins of the classical world--its mythology. It covers all the principal stories, characters (divine, human, and animal), sacred sites, and important events that shaped past civilizations...and our own. Extensive quotations from the original sources and over 100 illustrations enliven more than 400 articles.[via]More editions of Cassell's Dictionary of Classical Mythology:
The Children of Llyrby Evangeline WaltonISBN 0345277384 (0-345-27738-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Chimeraby John BarthISBN 0449211134 (0-449-21113-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chimera'Book summary:In CHIMERAJohn Barth injects his signature wit into the tales of Scheherezade of the Thousand and One Nights, Perseus, the slayer of Medusa, and Bellerophon, who tamed the winged horse Pegasus. In a book that the Washington Post called "stylishly maned, tragically songful, and serpentinely elegant," Barth retells these tales from varying perspectives, examining the myths" relationship to reality and their resonance with the contemporary world. A winner of the National Book Award, this feisty, witty, sometimes bawdy book provoked Playboy to comment, "There"s every chance in the world that John Barth is a genius." [via]
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Creatures of Light and Darknessby Roger ZelaznyISBN 0380011220 (0-380-01122-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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A Dictionary Of Celtic Mythologyby James MacKillopISBN 0192801201 (0-19-280120-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary Of Celtic Mythology'Book summary:The full richness of Celtic mythology, with legends, sagas, and folklore, with traditions, places, and personalities, are now evocatively yet concisely conveyed in James MacKillop's dictionary. The 4,000 entries include brief descriptions (such as the short explanation of Arthen, the bear-and-river god of early Wales) as well as extended stories of bloody vengeance (following actual or supposed treachery), romantic love, and frequent adultery, plus tales of mysterious monsters on lonely hillocks. From Deirdre and Cúchulainn to leprechauns, from Galahad, cauldrons, and archaeology to druids, MacKillop provides an impressive amount of lore and research in a reliable, browsable, and enjoyable dictionary. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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Dictionary of Native American Mythologyby Sam D. Gill, Irene F. SullivanISBN 0195086023 (0-19-508602-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dictionary of Native American Mythology'Book summary:Passed down from generation to generation, the myths and rituals of Native Americans form a rich religious and cultural base from which all members of each society can create and maintain a sense of community, physical and emotional health, identity, family, and self. Such traditions, handed down through stories and rites, stand as the lifeblood of every Native American culture. This thoroughly illustrated and carefully researched guide explores the amazing array of mythical beasts, heroic humans, and nurturing spirits that make up the fascinating spectrum of Native American mythology. With over one thousand alphabetically arranged entries, representing over one hundred different Native American cultures, readers can quickly explore the meaning of hundreds of elements of Native lore--from names, phrases, and symbols, to images, motifs, and themes. Accompanying essays take a closer look at other issues related to the origin, development, and perpetuation of Native American mythology, such as the Christian influence on myth, varying mythology between tribes, storytelling, and more. We learn about such mythical creatures as Apotamkin of the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tribe of the Southeast (a bogey monster with long hair and huge teeth who, through the fear he generates, keeps small children from straying onto thin, newly frozen ice in the winter and unguarded beaches in the summer), ritual healing ceremonials such as the Southwestern Navajo's Uglyway ceremony (a ceremony to remove and protect against the forces of chaos and disorder that give rise to illness), and the Marau ceremony of the Hopi Indians of the Southeast (a complex ceremony concerned with rain, the ripening of corn, and the fertility of women, as well as rites of initiating new members into the society). This compelling volume honors the richness of the beliefs and values of the many peoples of native North America, from northern Mexico to the Artic Circle. In addition, a complete bibliography of primary sources and secondary sources points the way to further research, making this the perfect reference for anyone interested in the mythical history of America's original inhabitants. [via]
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Dionysus: Myth and Cultby Walter F. Otto, Robert B. PalmerISBN 0253208912 (0-253-20891-2)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Egyptian Myth and Legend: With Historical Narrative Notes on Race Problems, Comparative Beliefs, Etc.by Donald Alexander MacKenzieISBN 0517259125 (0-517-25912-5)
Hardcover, Bell Pub Co
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Egyptian Myths and Legendsby Donald A. MacKenzieISBN 0517119153 (0-517-11915-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Field Guide to the Little Peopleby Nancy Arrowsmith, George MoorseISBN 0333213076 (0-333-21307-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 B.C.: Myths, and Cult Imagesby Marija GimbutasISBN 0500272387 (0-500-27238-7)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 7000 to 3500 B. C.: Myths, Legends, and Cult Imagesby Marija GimbutasISBN 0520046552 (0-520-04655-2)
Softcover, University of California Press
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The Hollowingby Robert HoldstockISBN 0451453565 (0-451-45356-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hollowing'Book summary:After the disappearance of his son into the mysterious depths of Ryhope Wood, a father braves the powerful forces of the strange, magical forest on a quest that takes him from ancient North America to medieval Europe to the age of Greek myth on a search for his son. [via]
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In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Mythby J. P. MalloryISBN 0500276161 (0-500-27616-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Tableby Roger Lancelyn Green, Lotte ReinigerISBN 014250100X (0-14-250100-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'Book summary:This work is based on "Morte d' Arthur" written by Sir Thomas Malory. This story, which has so deeply impressed itself upon the hearts and minds of men, centers on the shadowy but heroic figure of Arthur, king of the Britons in the 5th or 6th century. It has flowed over time by being told by various authors, and on this current it carried the elements of all the influences and ideals that were gradually determining the nature and standards of the English-speaking world. Handsomely illustrated. [via]
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King Arthur and His Knights: Selected Talesby Thomas Malory, Eugene VinaverISBN 0195019059 (0-19-501905-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Language and Mythby Ernst CassirerISBN 0486200515 (0-486-20051-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 0140430431 (0-14-043043-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Legends of the Worldby Richard CavendishISBN 0517687992 (0-517-68799-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Breakby Steven SherrillISBN 0312308922 (0-312-30892-2)
Softcover, Picador USA
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Mythic Irelandby Michael DamesISBN 0500278725 (0-500-27872-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythic Ireland'Book summary:The age of the myth lives on in Ireland - in folk tales and literature, in place-names and language, in ceremonies and monuments. This work explores Ireland's four provinces to discover the places at the root of Irish myth and legend. Focal mythic sites such as St Patrick's Purgatory in Ulster, Loster Gur in Munster and Dublin in Leinster, are described in detail. Finally Ireland is surveyed from a fifth province "Mide" where the entire island is seen to be held in a web of pre-historic sites aligned with solar-lunar events. Ireland's sacred locations take on contemporary relevance as the book shows that the underlying concerns of myth - conservation and recurrence - are increasingly present concerns. [via]
Mythical Monstersby Charles GouldISBN 0517686368 (0-517-68636-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Mythologies of the Ancient Worldby Samuel N. Kramer, Noah KramerISBN 0385095678 (0-385-09567-8)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythologies of the Ancient World'Book summary:Ten leading scholars take a fresh look at ancient mythologies in a work that can be read with pleasure and intellectual profit by both the specialist and the general reader. Includes chapters on the mythologies of ancient Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, India, China, and more. [via]
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The New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythologyby Robert GravesISBN 0517004046 (0-517-00404-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Oxford Companion to World Mythologyby David Adams LeemingISBN 0195156692 (0-19-515669-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to World Mythology'Book summary:Cave paintings at Lascaux, France and Altamira, Spain, fraught with expression thousands of years later; point to an early human desire to form a cultural identity. In the Oxford Companion to World Mythology, David Leeming explores the role of mythology, or myth-logic, in history and determines that the dreams of specific cultures add up to a larger collective story of humanity. Stopping short of attempting to be all-inclusive, this fascinating volume will nonetheless be comprehensive, opening with an introduction exploring the nature and dimensions of myth and proposing a definition as a universal language. Briefly dipping into the ways our understanding of myth has changed from Aristotle and Plato to modern scholars such as Joseph Campbell, the introduction loosely places the concept in its present context and precedes articles on influential mythologists and mythological approaches that appear later in the Companion.
The main body of Leeming's work consists of A-Z entries covering all aspects of mythology, including substantial essays on the world's major mythological traditions (Greek, Native American, Indian, Japanese, Sumerian, Egyptian), mythological types and motifs (Descent to the Underworld, the Hero, the Trickster, Creation, the Quest), mythological figures (Odysseus, Zeus, Osiris, Spider Woman, and Inanna) as well as numerous interrelated subjects such as fairly tales and legends. The Companion also locates myth in our lives today, relating it to language patterns, psychology, religion, politics, art, and gender attitudes. Many of the better-known and more significant myths are vividly retold in this volume that will be illustrated with maps, more than 70 black and white images, and eight pages of color highlighting the central role art has often played in the transmission and perpetuation of myth. Following the entries, a rich section of appendices will include family trees of the major pantheons, equivalency charts for the gods of Greece and Rome, Babylon and Sumer, as well as other traditions, an extensive bibliography, and an index. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to World Mythology:
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Pearl Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby A.C. Cawley, J.J. AndersonISBN 0460003461 (0-460-00346-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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Romance of King Arthur and His Knightsby MaloryISBN 0517231360 (0-517-23136-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Romance Of Tristan And Iseultby Hilaire Belloc, Joseph BedierISBN 0486440192 (0-486-44019-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult'Book summary:This immortal tale concerns the doomed love between a knight and a princess. The heroic Tristan, nephew and champion of King Mark of Cornwall, journeys to Ireland to bring home his uncle's betrothed, the fair Iseult. Their shipboard voyage takes a tumultuous turn with a misunderstanding and a magic potion, and the lovers quickly find that there's no turning back.[via]More editions of The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult:
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby Burton RaffelISBN 0451528182 (0-451-52818-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal to Chaucers masterworks and to the great Old English poems, Beowulf included. A green-skinned knight offers the Knights of the Round Table a simple but deadly challengea challenge taken on by the brave Sir Gawain. A challenge that will force him to choose between his honor and his life...
@GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right?
The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesnt he know hell be dead?
This goblin fellow is totally dead.
All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS!
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0198114869 (0-19-811486-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:About this book - One of the greatest works of the Middle Ages, in a marvelous translation Composed in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is as beloved as it is venerable, combining the hallmarks of medieval romancepageantry, chivalry, and courtly lovewith the charm of fairy tales and heroic sagas. When a mysterious green knight rides on horseback into King Arthurs court, interrupting a New Years feast, he issues a challenge: if any of King Arthurs men can behead him and he survives, then a year later he is entitled to return the strike. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and decapitates the green knight, only to see him pick up his severed head and ride away, leaving Gawain to seek him out to fulfill their pact. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English masterpiece of magic, chivalry, and seduction. Translated by J. R. R. Tolkien Reviews 'The introduction to Gawain is a little masterpiece.' Times Higher Educational Supplement 'This magnificent Arthurian tale of love, sex, honour, social tact, personal integrity and folk-magic is one of the greatest and most approachable narrative poems in the language. Tolkien's version makes it come triumphantly alive, a moving and consoling elegy.' Birmingham Post "Quite simply the best edition there is!"--Nancy P. Stork, Stanford University [via]
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby Bernard O'DonoghueISBN 0140424539 (0-14-042453-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Composed in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is as beloved as it is venerable, combining the hallmarks of medieval romancepageantry, chivalry, and courtly lovewith the charm of fairy tales and heroic sagas.
When a mysterious green knight rides on horseback into King Arthurs court, interrupting a New Years feast, he issues a challenge: if any of King Arthurs men can behead him and he survives, then a year later he is entitled to return the strike. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and decapitates the green knight, only to see him pick up his severed head and ride away, leaving Gawain to seek him out to fulfill their pact. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English masterpiece of magic, chivalry, and seduction.
@GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right?
The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesnt he know hell be dead?
This goblin fellow is totally dead.
All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS!
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby GollanczISBN 0197222102 (0-19-722210-2)
Hardcover, Early English Text Society
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby J.A. BurrowISBN 0140806679 (0-14-080667-9)
Hardcover, Penguin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:Although the date of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales in the latter part of the fourteenth century.[via]It is a remarkably subtle and accomplished poem, in which the hero's knightly virtues of courage, courtesy and fidelity are put to the test in a strange adventure involving a huge green knight on a green horse, a winter journey, a lady in a mysterious castle and a challenge answered. It ranks as one of the greatest works of the English Middle Ages and perhaps the greatest triumph of the English alliterative tradition.
Unlike The Canterbury Tales, however, Sir Gawain is written in a dialect belonging to Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire, and this seems more remote to the modern reader than Chaucer's London language. The aim of this edition has been to remove unnecessary impediments while retaining the integrity of the original. Notes and a glossary have been provided to assist an informed, critical reading of the text.
@GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right?
The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesnt he know hell be dead?
This goblin fellow is totally dead.
All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS!
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby M. BorroffISBN 0393097544 (0-393-09754-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:In translation from the West Midland dialect (sorry, prose was best I could find.) [via]
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby W. R. J. Barron, Brian StoneISBN 0140440925 (0-14-044092-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:'Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain; Seek faithfully till you find me ...' A New Year's feast at King Arthur's court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any one of Arthur's men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the knight - but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain sets out to find the Knight in the wild Northern lands and to keep his side of the bargain. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tale and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval Romance. Brian Stone's evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction that examines the Romance genre, and the poem's epic and pagan sources. This edition also includes essays discussing the central characters and themes, theories about authorship and Arthurian legends, and suggestions for further reading and notes. @GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right? The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesn't he know he'll be dead? This goblin fellow is totally dead. All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby W.S. MerwinISBN 0375709924 (0-375-70992-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.
It is the height of Christmas and New Years revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthurs court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a days time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he findsan almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villainsas he endeavors to fulfill his promise.
Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: We seem to recognize himhis splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his gracewithout being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby William VantuonoISBN 0268017670 (0-268-01767-0)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Verse Translationby Helen Cooper, Keith HarrisonISBN 0192833340 (0-19-283334-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Verse Translation'Book summary:Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is probably the most skillfuly told story in the whole of the English Arthurian cycle. Originating from the north-west midlands of England, it is based on two ancient Celtic motifs--the Beheading and the Exchange of Winnings--brought together by the anonymous 14th century author. Acclaimed poet Keith Harrison's new translation uses a modern alliterative pattern which subtly echoes the music of the original at the same time it strives for fidelity. This is the most generously annotated edition available, complete with a detailed introduction which situates the work in the context of Arthurian Romance and analyzes its poetics and narrative structure. [via]
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeoby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395219701 (0-395-21970-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Cleanness, Patienceby A.C. Cawley, J.J. AndersonISBN 0460871013 (0-460-87101-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Songlinesby ChatinISBN 0224024523 (0-224-02452-3)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Story of King Arthur and His Knightsby Howard Pyle, Plummer, John F. (AFT)ISBN 0451530241 (0-451-53024-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of King Arthur and His Knights'Book summary:[via]In this enchanting version, the renowned American illustrator and storyteller Howard Pyle displays his unique talent for capturing and stimulating the imaginations of the young. Inventively retold and vividly illustrated, these stories describe the perilous and thrilling adventures of King Arthur and his knights in that glorious age of chivalry and honor. 41 illustrations.More editions of The Story of King Arthur and His Knights:
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The Summer Treeby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0451451384 (0-451-45138-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Summer Tree'Book summary:The Summer Tree is the first novel of Guy Gavriel Kays critically acclaimed fantasy trilogy, The Fionavar Tapestry. Five university students embark on a journey of self-discovery when they enter a realm of wizards and warriors, gods and mythical creatures--and good and evil&[via]It all began with a lecture that introduced five university students to a man who would change their lives, a wizard who would take them from Earth to the heart of the first of all worlds--Fionavar. And take them Loren Silvercloak did, for his need--the need of Fionavar and all the worlds--was great indeed.
And in a marvelous land of men and dwarves, of wizards and gods, five young people discovered who they were truly meant to be. For they are a long-awaited part of the pattern known as the Fionavar Tapestry, and only if they accepted their destiny would the armies of the Light stand any chance of surviving the wrath the Unraveller and his minions of darkness intend to unleash upon the world&
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Tam Linby Pamela Dean, Terri WindlingISBN 014240652X (0-14-240652-X)
Softcover, Firebird
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Tibetan Book of the Deadby W. Y. Evans-WentzISBN 0195002237 (0-19-500223-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tibetan Book of the Dead'Book summary:The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditionally used as a mortuary text, to be read or recited in the presence of a dead or dying person, this book--which relates the whole experience of death and rebirth in three intermediate states of being--was originally understood as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living. As a contribution to the science of death and dying--not to mention the belief in life after death, or the belief in rebirth--The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unique among the sacred texts of the world, for its socio-cultural influence in this regard is without comparison.
This fourth edition features a new foreword, afterword, and suggested further reading list by Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Lopez traces the whole history of the late Evans-Wentz's three earlier editions of this book, fully considering the work of contributors to previous editions (C. G. Jung among them), the sections that were added by Evans-Wentz along the way, the questions surrounding the book's translation, and finally the volume's profound importance in engendering both popular and academic interest in the religion and culture of Tibet. Another key theme that Lopez addresses is the changing nature of this book's audience--from the prewar theosophists to the beat poets to the hippies to contemporary exponents of the hospice movement--and what these audiences have found (or sought) in its very old pages. [via]More editions of Tibetan Book of the Dead:
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation The Great Liberation by Hearing In the Intermediate Statesby Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa, Gyurme DorjeISBN 0143104942 (0-14-310494-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is "immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise." Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, this book faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. The vivid, embossed cover and beautiful, deckled-edged pages also make this the perfect gift for a loved one.More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation The Great Liberation by Hearing In the Intermediate States:
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Renderingby Karma-Glin-Pa, Donald S. LopezISBN 0195133129 (0-19-513312-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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This fourth edition features a new foreword, afterword, and suggested further reading list by Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Lopez traces the whole history of the late Evans-Wentz's three earlier editions of this book, fully considering the work of contributors to previous editions (C. G. Jung among them), the sections that were added by Evans-Wentz along the way, the questions surrounding the book's translation, and finally the volume's profound importance in engendering both popular and academic interest in the religion and culture of Tibet. Another key theme that Lopez addresses is the changing nature of this book's audience--from the prewar theosophists to the beat poets to the hippies to contemporary exponents of the hospice movement--and what these audiences have found (or sought) in its very old pages. [via]More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering:
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To Reign in Hellby Steven Brust, Roger ZelaznyISBN 0312870493 (0-312-87049-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythby David A. KravitzISBN 0517527472 (0-517-52747-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Who's Who in Greek and Roman Mythologyby David KravitzISBN 0517527464 (0-517-52746-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionaryby Robert E. BellISBN 0195079779 (0-19-507977-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : A New Verse Translationby W. S. MerwinISBN 0375414762 (0-375-41476-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : A New Verse Translation'Book summary:A splendid new translation of the classic Arthurian tale of enchantment, adventure, and romance, presented alongside the original Middle English text.
It is the height of Christmas and New Years revelry when an enormous knight with brilliant green clothes and skin descends upon King Arthurs court. He presents a sinister challenge: he will endure a blow of the axe to his neck without offering any resistance, but whoever gives the blow must promise to take the same in exactly a year and a days time. The young Sir Gawain quickly rises to the challenge, and the poem tells of the adventures he findsan almost irresistible seduction, shockingly brutal hunts, and terrifyingly powerful villainsas he endeavors to fulfill his promise.
Capturing the pace, impact, and richly alliterative language of the original text, W. S. Merwin has imparted a new immediacy to a spellbinding narrative, written centuries ago by a poet whose name is now unknown, lost to time. Of the Green Knight, Merwin notes in his foreword: We seem to recognize himhis splendor, the awe that surrounds him, his menace and his gracewithout being able to place him . . . We will never know who the Green Knight is except in our own response to him. [via]More editions of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : A New Verse Translation:
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