Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Sir Orfeo, Translated by J.R.R. Tolkien
My Twelfth book for
ljbookbingo is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Translated by JRR Tolkien for the Poetry/Play square found here.
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation. ~Amazon book descriptions
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of my favorite Arthurian legends. (My absolute favorite is The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle which you can find free online here, so so good). Although I have read various renditions of this legend and seen some really terrible movies I have never read the translation done by JRR Tolkein. I honestly really loved it. It is a beautiful poem that tells of a knight who learns a valuable lesson about honor in a very satisfying and intriguing way. If you have never read the poem and you want to read a bit of background before you do, you can read the wiki page here. I love this story and thanks to a wonderful translation it is a fairly easy read, it takes a bit of getting used to as it reads closer to Shakespeare then modern English but once you get in the groove it isn't too bad.
The next medieval poem was one called Pearl unlike the Arthurian one I had never read or even heard of it before so I looked it up on Wikipedia and read through their synopsis and I was very glad I did. Although it is well written my attention kept straying and I really had to reread a lot of passages because I hadn’t absorbed any of it. The basic premise is how Christianity deals with life, death, and the afterlife.
Sir Orfeo is the last poem and was a quick fun read comparatively. It is a medieval retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice. I found myself really enjoying it a lot more then I thought I would.
If you like medieval poetry, Arthurian legend, or Tolkien I would recommend these poems!
On a personal note my life has been sooooooo busy here lately that I have had barely any time for fandom stuff at all so I am behind on both book bingo posts and trying to participate in the Librariansshipaton. I need to make another book bingo post, but that will have to wait until another day. Also I am currently sitting at 3,300 words for a Librarians story that I am only able to work on a few sentences at a time, but I am determined to post it eventually.
Both LJ and DW has been kind of quiet lately, so how are you guys doing?
This entry was originally posted at https://under-the-silk-tree.dreamwidth.org/41656.html
ljbookbingo is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Translated by JRR Tolkien for the Poetry/Play square found here.
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT, PEARL, and SIR ORFEO are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age--the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the language, romance, and power of these great stories comes to life for modern readers, in this masterful and compelling new translation. ~Amazon book descriptions
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of my favorite Arthurian legends. (My absolute favorite is The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle which you can find free online here, so so good). Although I have read various renditions of this legend and seen some really terrible movies I have never read the translation done by JRR Tolkein. I honestly really loved it. It is a beautiful poem that tells of a knight who learns a valuable lesson about honor in a very satisfying and intriguing way. If you have never read the poem and you want to read a bit of background before you do, you can read the wiki page here. I love this story and thanks to a wonderful translation it is a fairly easy read, it takes a bit of getting used to as it reads closer to Shakespeare then modern English but once you get in the groove it isn't too bad.
The next medieval poem was one called Pearl unlike the Arthurian one I had never read or even heard of it before so I looked it up on Wikipedia and read through their synopsis and I was very glad I did. Although it is well written my attention kept straying and I really had to reread a lot of passages because I hadn’t absorbed any of it. The basic premise is how Christianity deals with life, death, and the afterlife.
Sir Orfeo is the last poem and was a quick fun read comparatively. It is a medieval retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice. I found myself really enjoying it a lot more then I thought I would.
If you like medieval poetry, Arthurian legend, or Tolkien I would recommend these poems!
On a personal note my life has been sooooooo busy here lately that I have had barely any time for fandom stuff at all so I am behind on both book bingo posts and trying to participate in the Librariansshipaton. I need to make another book bingo post, but that will have to wait until another day. Also I am currently sitting at 3,300 words for a Librarians story that I am only able to work on a few sentences at a time, but I am determined to post it eventually.
Both LJ and DW has been kind of quiet lately, so how are you guys doing?
This entry was originally posted at https://under-the-silk-tree.dreamwidth.org/41656.html