An English Classic

Reference

Translations

Borroff, Marie (trans), 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', (New York: Norton, 1967). This translation preserves the alliterative meter and the bob-and-wheel.

Harrison, Keith (trans), 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', Helen Cooper (Ed.), (Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 1998). This is a very user-friendly version, especially for younger readers.

www.amazon.com (audio section) JRR Tolkein's audio recording of the poem can be obtained at from Amazon. This translation preserves the alliterative verse.

Middle English Texts

Andrew, Malcolm and Waldron, Ronald (eds.), 'The Poems of the Pearl Manuscript' (revised edition), (Exeter: University of Exeter, 1996), pp 207–300.

Benson, CD, 'Art and Tradition in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1965).

Brewer, Derek and Gibson, Jonathan (eds), 'A Companion to the Gawain-Poet', (Woodbridge: DS Brewer, 1997).

Davenport, WA, 'The Art of the Gawain-Poet', (London: Athlone, 1978).

Fox, Denton (ed.), 'Twentieth Century Interpretations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight', (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1968).

Johnson, LS, 'The Voice of the Gawain-Poet'. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984).

Miller, MY and Chance J, (eds), 'Approaches to Teaching Sir Gawain and the Green Knight' in 'Approaches to Teaching Masterpieces of World Literature' (no. 9), (New York: Modern Langauge Association of America, 1986).

Spearing, AC, 'The Gawain-Poet: A Critical Study', (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970).