The Owl and the Nightingale

Name: The Owl and the Nightingale
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571382859
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By Simon Armitage

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Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry In this graceful, elegant translation (Guardian), Poet Laureate Simon Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the Middle English tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fiery verbal contest between... Read More

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A wonderfully energetic and ribald version of what has been called 'the greatest early Middle English poem we have.' (Prospect)

A wonderfully energetic and ribald version of what has been called 'the greatest early Middle English poem we have.' (Prospect)

Description

Shortlisted for the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry

In this graceful, elegant translation (Guardian), Poet Laureate Simon Armitage communicates the energy and humour of the Middle English tale with all the cut and thrust of the original. An unnamed narrator overhears a fiery verbal contest between the two eponymous birds, which moves entertainingly from the eloquent and philosophical to the ribald and ridiculous.

Arguably the greatest early Middle English poem we have. Prospect

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571382859

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 September 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 80

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Poetry Simon Armitage

About the Author

Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, his collections of poetry include Seeing Stars (2010), The Unaccompanied (2017), Sandettie Light Vessel Automatic (2019), Magnetic Field (2020) and his acclaimed translation of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2007). He writes extensively for television and radio, and is the author of two novels and the non-fiction bestsellers All Points North (1998), Walking Home (2012) and Walking Away (2015). His theatre works include The Last Days of Troy, performed at Shakespeare's Globe in 2014. From 2015 to 2019, he served as Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, and, in 2018, he was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. Simon Armitage is Poet Laureate.