{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-1","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreserved on a single surviving manuscript dating from around 1400, composed by an anonymous master, \u003cb\u003eSir Gawain and the Green Knight\u003c\/b\u003e was rediscovered only 200 years ago, and published for the first time in 1839. One of the earliest great stories of English literature, after \u003cb\u003eBeowulf\u003c\/b\u003e, the poem narrates the strange tale of a green knight on a green horse, who rudely interrupts the Round Table festivities one Yuletide, casting a pall of unease over the company and challenging one of their number to a wager. The virtuous Gawain accepts, and decapitates the intruder with his own axe. Gushing blood, the knight reclaims his head, orders Gawain to seek him out a year hence, and departs. Next Yuletide Gawain dutifully sets forth... His quest for the Green Knight involves a winter journey, a seduction scene in a dream-like castle, a dire challenge answered - and a drama of enigmatic reward disguised as psychic undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 128 pages | Published March 2009\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63986088968541,"sku":"9780571223282","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780571223282.jpg?v=1774495651","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-1","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}