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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
by Unknown, J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
This is a hard book to review, giving that it wasn't written for modern audiences at all.
The three poems in this book, having been translated from Middle English, are still difficult to follow at times as they're written in old-timey English (yes, that is the technical name for it) and include many words that are endangered or extinct from modern usage. Thankfully, there's a handy glossary at the end that provides the meaning for (most of) the more difficult words.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a fanciful, fun story, if a bit quaint at times.
The Pearl is a touching, highly religious poem about the loss of a loved one and the comfort one can take in the belief of the Christian afterlife.
Sir Orfeo was honestly my favorite poem of the bunch. It's short and not as repetitive as the previous two, and so packs a bit more of a narrative punch. The way things go from bad to worse right off the bat really amps up the conflict in this one.
The three poems in this book, having been translated from Middle English, are still difficult to follow at times as they're written in old-timey English (yes, that is the technical name for it) and include many words that are endangered or extinct from modern usage. Thankfully, there's a handy glossary at the end that provides the meaning for (most of) the more difficult words.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a fanciful, fun story, if a bit quaint at times.
The Pearl is a touching, highly religious poem about the loss of a loved one and the comfort one can take in the belief of the Christian afterlife.
Sir Orfeo was honestly my favorite poem of the bunch. It's short and not as repetitive as the previous two, and so packs a bit more of a narrative punch. The way things go from bad to worse right off the bat really amps up the conflict in this one.