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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Set (Book, Student Guide, and Teacher Guide)
Set includes the Penguin Classics Edition of the book, the Memoria Press Student Guide, and the Memoria Press Teacher Guide. These are the current Second Edition.
Memoria Press Description: A New Year’s feast at King Arthur’s court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any of Arthur’s men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the wager and decapitates the knight—but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain sets out to find the knight in the wild Northern lands and to keep his side of the bargain. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tales and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval romance.
Brian Stone’s evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction that examines the romance genre, and the poem’s epic and pagan sources. This edition also includes suggestions for further reading, notes and essays discussing the central characters and themes, theories about authorship and Arthurian legend.
Book: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a great medieval epic and romance.
Student Guide: The Student Guide contains Vocabulary Questions, Reading Comprehension Questions, and more.
Teacher Guide: The Teacher Guide contains answers to the Student Guide as well as quizzes and quiz answer keys. The Teacher Guide enables educators to guide students through the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages towards the central proposition that gives the story ultimate meaning and expression.$18.00$39.00 -
Beowulf the Warrior Set (Book, Student Guide, and Teacher Guide)
Set includes the Ignatius Edition of the book as retold by Ian Serraillier, the Memoria Press Student Guide, and the Memoria Press Teacher Guide. These are the current Second Edition.
Memoria Press Description: “Beowulf the Warrior is an outstanding modern version of the oldest epic in the English language. Ian Serrailler has retold the story of the hero Beowulf and his three memorable exploits—first, his rescuing of Hrothgar the Dane from the ravages of monstrous Grendel; next, his victory over Grendel’s strange and horrible mother; and finally, in Beowulf’s old age, his saving of his own people, the Geats, from the horrors of a dragon at the cost of his life. The adventure, with its compelling grandeur, speaks for itself. Beowulf’s heroism and noble heart communicates to any English-speaking listener. Serrailler has rewoven in modern narrative verse the energy and vividness of the original. The lines invite the tongue to read them aloud. Master storyteller that he is, Serrailler has made the tale accessible to our day. Here is a wonderful means to get acquainted with a treasure from 1200 years ago, and (why are we so surprised?) become enthralled. First published in the 1950’s, Beowulf the Warrior has proven its mettle with a wide age range. It is a work of art in itself and a doorway to further experiences with the epic.”
Novel: Beowulf the Warrior is an accessible version of one of the oldest pieces of English literature that we have.
Student Guide: The Student Guide contains Vocabulary Questions, Reading Comprehension Questions, and more.
Teacher Guide: The Teacher Guide contains answers to the Student Guide as well as quizzes and quiz answer keys. The Teacher Guide enables educators to guide students through the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages towards the central proposition that gives the story ultimate meaning and expression.$17.00$37.95 -
Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Set (Play, Student Book, and Teacher Guide)
Set includes the Ignatius Critical Edition of Shakespeare’s play which includes helpful footnotes and definitions, the Memoria Press Student Book, and the Memoria Press Teacher Guide. These are the current Second Edition.
Memoria Press Description: Romeo and Juliet: the greatest love story? Our postmodern age revels in the passion and romance of the young lovers, but perhaps we overlook crucial subtleties in the text. This study guide seeks to exercise your reading, writing, and thinking, and to illumine your understanding—helping you explore and determine where the actual tragedy lies.
Play: The Ignatius Critical Edition series is ideal for academic study and for anyone wishing to understand the great literary works of Western civilization in the company of some of the finest literature professors alive today.
Student Book: The Student Book includes Reading Notes, Vocabulary, Comprehension Questions, Socratic Discussion Questions, and Essay Prompts.
Teacher Guide: The Teacher Guide includes the inset student guide with answers, guides for Socratic Discussion Questions, and Tests and Test Keys.$15.00$32.95