I found poetry that I truly love - it's a New Year miracle!

This was so entertaining. I love narrative poems because they tell a story that I can appreciate, that I can follow, that I can engage with. I found all of those with 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. Simon Armitage's translation was so fun. He tried to stay true to the original, and relied on all those poetic conventions to make it more authentic. All those poetic techniques help lift the story and make it more pleasurable to read. The nursey rhyme keep the narrative flowing, and I didn't want to stop reading it because I got so involved.

I think this was a really good translation. I'm gonna try Tolkien's next, I think, to compare and see which is better. Did I actually like the story (which is obviously a yes) or did I like the translation of it? It's hard to tell when I've only read one, so I'm definitely going to branch out and experiment with more!

In regard to the story, I thought it was fantastic. So classic. It was funny and stupid, yet so interesting and FUN (I can't stop using that word but its so appropriate!). It was excellent. I'm really glad I finally read this! Going to do some digging to see if I can find any other Arthurian literature around (which I'm sure there's plenty!).

"Yet though I must lose my life, fear shall never make me change colour."

Those of you who have read my reviews on poetry will know that I do not particularly take to it. The plot of this poem was really good - for which I gave the three stars - but I'm not one to judge the fact that it was written in poetry form in the first place.

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I don’t usually enjoy stories embellished with religious morality but this was very fun. Stories of King Arthur and his court will most likely always have a place in my heart so maybe my rating is somewhat guided by nostalgia. Either way this is brilliant and Simon Armitage is becoming a favourite.

"By God," said Gawain then,
"I shall not give way to weeping;
God's will be done, amen!
I commend me to his keeping."

This is a beautiful book. I love the tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Not too sure of the intended age range of this particular version as it's written by a children's author and the illustrations are child orientated, but as an adult and a reader of the normal paperback version, there are 'adult' scenes.

Meer latente homo-erotiek dan verwacht, tof verhaal, ik ga het eens in de winter herlezen

on a scholarly level, this poem is fascinating and this translation is gorgeous (i love that borroff kept the alliterative line structure & what she did with the rhyme scheme). on an emotional level, i kind of wish the green knight was literally just some fucked-up-if-true green guy down bad for sir gawain. i think it would be funnier

moi quand le géant vert vient me défier en duel pcq j’ai pas manger mes légumes du coup je dois lui couper la tête et après je couche avec sa femme c’est ça l’histoire je crois

2.5/5 ⭐

As a big fan of Arthurian legends this is one of those stories it seems Iike I should have known. It’s not that I didn’t know anything about it - I just hadn’t read it. Maybe it’s because I knew it was a 14th century poem, over a hundred pages long, and written in Middle English. And no... I didn’t even attempt the original Sir Gawayn and þe Grene Knyȝt version... this was one of many translations.

Me and poetry generally don’t mix very well. Even as much as I adore Lord of the Rings I often get lost in the many poems and songs. I’m not sure I’m cultured enough- or something like that.

Leí otro libro donde Gawain era uno de los personajes y me quedé con ganas de saber un poco más de él. Con este libro tengo una perspectiva un poco más amplia de él y de sus motivaciones.

Además, me ha parecido interesante la concepción del amor cortés y el honor de los caballeros, sobre todo al contrastarla con otros libros que he leído.

El único pero que le pondría es que me ha parecido una historia muy corta, en la que se podría haber desarrollado mucho más algunos aspectos de la aventura de Gawain.