{"product_id":"sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight","title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","description":"Preserved 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.","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Sir Gawain and the Green Knight","offer_id":46274426273989,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-571-22328-2.jpg?v=1779675434","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}