Pearl (E.V. Gordon)

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Pearl
Pearl (E.V. Gordon 1953).jpg
AuthorEdited by E.V. Gordon
PublisherOxford: At the Clarendon Press
ReleasedJune 11, 1953
FormatHardback in dustwrapper
Pages186
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Pearl is an edition by E.V. Gordon of the Middle English manuscript Pearl. The volume includes the section "Form and Purpose" (pp. xi-xix) by J.R.R. Tolkien, which forms part of the introduction (pp. [ix]-lii).[1]

"Form and Purpose" was reprinted as part III of the Introduction to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo (pp. 18-23).

Editions[2]

  • 1953: Pearl
    • 2nd Impression 1958
    • 3rd Impression 1963
  • 1966: Pearl
    • 5th impression 1970
    • 6th Impression 1974
  • 1980: Pearl
    • 2nd Impression 1986
    • 3rd Impression 1988

See also

References

  1. Bertenstam, Åke: A Chronological Bibliography of the Writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
  2. An Illustrated Tolkien Bibliography at TolkienBooks.net