Armitage, Simon

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Pearl: A New Verse Translation

Armitage successfully and exquisitely translates this classic poem, providing readers with a clear and complete version that honors the original. Recommended for readers of poetry and literature, particularly scholars of medieval English literature.
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Walking Home: A Poet’s Journey

Multi-award-winning British poet Armitage is a superb storyteller in all forms, having written novels, scripts, and an opera libretto and translated classics like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...
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The Death of King Arthur

Armitage's version of the Alliterative Morte Arthure strengthens Norton's catalog of new translations of Anglo-Saxon and Middle English texts. It is also a remarkable instance of Armitage's own unique poetic strengths, especially his ear for lyrical economy and gift for sensual, tactile description.
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Seeing Stars

Playful, irreverent, and sometimes irrelevant, the poems can catch one up in their energetic whoosh of words.
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