Death of King Arthur
Author(s): Simon Armitage
"The Alliterative Morte Arthure" - the title given to a four-thousand line poem written sometime around 1400 - was part of a medieval Arthurian revival which produced such masterpieces as "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and Sir Thomas Malory's prose "Morte D'Arthur". "The Death of King Arthur" deals in the cut-and-thrust of warfare and politics: the ever-topical matter of Britain's relationship with continental Europe, and of its military interests overseas. Simon Armitage is already the master of this alliterative music, as his earlier version of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" (2006) so resourcefully and exuberantly showed. His new translation restores a neglected masterpiece of story-telling, by bringing vividly to life its entirely medieval mix of ruthlessness and restraint.
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A brilliant new translation of the legendary tale of King Arthur
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published ten collections of poetry, including Selected Poems (2001), Seeing Stars (2010), and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). In 2010 he received the CBE for services to poetry.
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- : Faber & Faber, Limited
- : Faber and Faber
- : 0.15
- : 31 October 2012
- : 198mm X 126mm X 13mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 January 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Armitage
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : English
- : 821.1
- : 192