14th century middle english
alliterative poem
anapestic tetrameters
arthurian legends
arthurian stories
beheading game
bible
book of revelations
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chivalric romance
complete verse translation
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exchange of winnings
hero on a quest
iambic tetrameter
king arthur
late 14th century english poetry
mystical theology
poems
poetry
political identity
ruling class
sir gawain and the green knight
social developments
the gawain poet
the pearl poet
translated poetry
translated text
Product details
- ISBN 9780520078710
- Weight: 635g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Apr 1993
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This edition presents, for the first time, the entire oeuvre of the Pearl poet with both the original Middle English works and complete verse translations. Poet and scholar Casey Finch uses anapestic tetrameters (and iambic tetrameter for Pearl) in his translations rather than the accented tetrameters of the originals, thus achieving the rhythmic regularity the poems would have displayed when performed to music, as they surely were meant to be. Finch's translations are printed facing the best modern editions of the poems, those of Malcolm Andrew and Ronald Waldron and of Clifford Peterson.
The late Casey Finch taught in the Department of English at New York University. He was the author of two books of poetry, The Forbidden Book (1981) and Harming Others (1992), and several scholarly articles on literary topics.
