William Vantuono (67 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. This comprehensive, critical edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the fruit of William Vantuono's research on the fourteenth-century romance. In combining fantasy and realism, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight praises court life with an undercurrent of satire against a declining chivalric ideal. The poem calls up from the mythic past the shadows of archetypal figures, yet inspires modern psychoanalytic interpretations, and entertains while teaching a moral-religious lesson. The heart of this edition is the Middle English text, with a Modern English verse translation on facing pages and extensive notes at the bottom of the pages. A discussion of the manuscript, the anonymous poet and his other poems, the structure of the poem and its audience, themes, characterization, and purpose serves as a valuable introduction to the classic. With this translation, Vantuono aims to follow the original as closely as possible without sacrificing the poem's essential meaning and mood. The notes reveal the literal sense of the Middle English vocabulary where necessary changes were made for poetic effect. The reader is therefore able to compare the Middle English original, the translation, and the notes to learn about the old language, the content of the poem, the poet's artistry, and the process of translation.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This edition of the anonymously-authored, Middle English poem, ""Pearl"", is offered with a verse translation, Middle English text, and a commentary. On each page, the Middle English text is faced with a Modern English verse translation. The book is designed for classroom use, specialists and others.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1. Minimal shelf wear, clean internals. May have remainder mark.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. The second edition, 282 pages, with over 250 b&w illustrated. "Hundreds of terms are illustrated by photos, line drawings, and diagrams. This edition is updated, expanded and illustrated." FINE SOFTCOVER Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Text unmarked. Light soiling on the bottom edge of the text block. The wrapper shows some edgewear. 8vo. xxvi, 282pp.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. light shelf wear on the wraps. one small inscription. all pages 100 pages, are intact and presentable. very good copy. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Book.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Stated 1st Edit 1st printing, Very lightly used clean copy, softcover in excellent condition, no marks or writing, binding tight, spine perfect, covers bright and glossy. Immed shipping w/tracking incl. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 177 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 148 pages. Small dent to the bottom of the rear board resulting in a small tear to the dust jacket at that spot - otherwise, book and dust jacket would both be Fine to Near Fine. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information.…

Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 6-7 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Paperback. Condition: New. Brand new book, sourced directly from publisher. Dispatch time is 6-7 days from our warehouse. Book will be sent in robust, secure packaging to ensure it reaches you securely.

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 112 pp, colour photos, maps, illustrations/drawings. Wraps have light rubbing, edge and corner wear.

Paperback. Condition: New. The anonymous author of the poem Pearl is rated with Langland and Chaucer as one of the greatest Middle English poets. And, while a number of editions of this poem have been published, including E. V. Gordon's 1953 edition and Marie Borroff's 1977 verse translation, no edition until now has included a verse translation, Middle English text, and commentary in one volume. William Vantuono's edition of Pearl is certain to become a classroom standard because it contains for the first time a Middle English text with a facing-page Modern English verse translation as well as extensive scholarly apparatus. Pearl is the first of four poems in a manuscript dated around 1400 A.D. The other three poems in this manuscript are Cleanness, Patience, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. According to Vantuono's introduction, it is conceivable that Pearl was written for a nobleman, perhaps the poet's patron, who had lost a young daughter. However, many unanswered questions remain about the circumstances surrounding the poet and his writing of Pearl: Was he a layman or a priest? Is Pearl primarily elegy or allegory? Was the pearl-maiden his daughter, and if she was, can that fact be reconciled with the possibility that the poet was a clergyman? This volume contains an extensive commentary covering all matters from minute textual problems to the various debates about the poem's theme and genre. Appendices discuss versification, dialect and language, and sources and analogues; two bibliographies list over 500 items through the early 1990s; and the book concludes with a full glossary. Pearl: An Edition with Verse Translation will appeal to scholars confronted with the tasks of studying and teaching medieval literature to students in college and university classrooms. It is a book designed for specialists and non-specialists, students, and general readers.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, owner's stamp to front endpage, slight bow to front board, light bumps to spine ends and top outer corners, otherwise clean and bright, a VG copy in a Near Very Good dustjacket that has a few one to two inch closed tears to edges some of which have been taped from the inside, tiny chips to edges that are somewhat worn, light rubbing.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Black cloth-effect paper covered boards, lettered in silver foil. As issued. Pictorial dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. 192 pp., illus. w/ b&w photographs. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Paperback. Condition: New. This comprehensive, critical edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is the fruit of William Vantuono's research on the fourteenth-century romance. In combining fantasy and realism, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight praises court life with an undercurrent of satire against a declining chivalric ideal. The poem calls up from the mythic past the shadows of archetypal figures, yet inspires modern psychoanalytic interpretations, and entertains while teaching a moral-religious lesson. The heart of this edition is the Middle English text, with a Modern English verse translation on facing pages and extensive notes at the bottom of the pages. A discussion of the manuscript, the anonymous poet and his other poems, the structure of the poem and its audience, themes, characterization, and purpose serves as a valuable introduction to the classic. With this translation, Vantuono aims to follow the original as closely as possible without sacrificing the poem's essential meaning and mood. The notes reveal the literal sense of the Middle English vocabulary where necessary changes were made for poetic effect. The reader is therefore able to compare the Middle English original, the translation, and the notes to learn about the old language, the content of the poem, the poet's artistry, and the process of translation.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.