The Tale of Gawain 2/e Jonathan Glazzard few people have left behind

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The Tale of Gawain 2/e Jonathan Glazzard few people have left behindGawain and the Green Knight is the celebrated poem from the time of Chaucer written in the dialect then current in the north of England. Chaucer's language outlasted this dialect. The poem draws on rich Arthurian and folk traditions involving the Green Man and knightly virtue. It has been frequently translated but John Watson has chosen to devise a version running parallel to the original while avoiding direct translation. Here Gawain struggles afresh