# Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: in Poetry and Prose

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- Authors: [Jessie L. Weston](https://www.bookquiver.com/jessie-l-weston)
- Publisher: Dover Publications
- ISBN: 978-04-8682-443-7
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2018-08-31
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When a gigantic stranger clad in green armor bursts in on the Round Table to issue a challenge, gallant Sir Gawain volunteers to do battle for his uncle, King Arthur. This edition presents the legendary tale in two forms: as a poem and in a prose translation. This work from the late fourteenth century or earlier blends paganistic elements with Christian ethics to celebrate the virtue of forgiveness, forming a classic example of the chivalric tradition.