Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Close Verse Translation

About the Author, Back Cover

Larry D. Benson is higginson Professor of english emeritus at harvard University, where he taught for forty years, beginning in 1959, when he received his Ph.d. from the University of California at Berkeley and his appointment as an instructor at harvard. he has written on a variety of subjects, including books on Middle english—Art and Tradition in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, King Arthur’s Death, and Malory’s Morte Darthure—and articles on Old and Middle english, most notably his 1966 article “the Literary Character of anglo-Saxon Formulaic Poetry.” he is General editor of The Riverside Chaucer. Daniel Donoghue is the John P. Marquand Professor of english at harvard University and the author of numerous publications on Old and Middle english, including Lady Godiva: A Literary History of the Legend and Old English Literature: A Short Introduction. he is editor of the Old english series for the dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library of harvard University Press. ...