Two Books Concerning
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In his handwritten book
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A Translation
Michael Gibson has achieved what he thinks may be the ‘closest’ version yet of this fourteenth century masterpiece.
Then, in a companion book that is also handwritten and is called
Truth, Dare, Kiss… Cheat!
he tells how he addressed aspects of the tale that had long baffled him, and of ‘falling into’ a surprising new ‘perspective’ on it. He now holds that, in their different ways, both ‘Gawain’ and ‘the Green Knight’ show themselves to be ‘cheats’. And he further concludes that the story’s unknown maker is himself a ‘cheat’ who is ‘playing a game’ with us – but ‘creatively’ so.
(In this second book the story is also told of another sort of cheating. An account is given of how, some years ago, while it was in preparation, the Translation was extensively plagiarised by Simon Armitage – now Poet Laureate. Mr Armitage had published a ‘translation’ of the poem in 2007. Michael was highly and publicly critical of this ‘version’; and he later gave him a copy of his own ‘translation in preparation’. In his Revised Edition of 2018 Mr Armitage made extensive, unauthorised and unacknowledged use of Michael’s work.)
Buy now: £90 for both books
+ £5 p&p to the UK
+ £10 p&p to the rest of the world
In his handwritten book
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
A Translation
Michael Gibson has achieved what he thinks may be the ‘closest’ version yet of this fourteenth century masterpiece.
Buy now: £60
+ £5 p&p to the UK
+ £10 p&p to the rest of the world
In Michael’s companion book that is also handwritten and is called
Truth, Dare, Kiss… Cheat!
he tells how he addressed aspects of the tale that had long baffled him, and of ‘falling into’ a surprising new ‘perspective’ on it. He now holds that, in their different ways, both ‘Gawain’ and ‘the Green Knight’ show themselves to be ‘cheats’. And he further concludes that the story’s unknown maker is himself a ‘cheat’ who is ‘playing a game’ with us – but ‘creatively’ so.
Buy now: £40
+ £5 p&p to the UK
+ £10 p&p to the rest of the world