by JudithWeiss (Editor)
SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT is one of the most important alliterative poems of Medieval literature.From the north-west midlands,it dates from the second half of the 14th century.Gawain,a knight in Arthur's court,takes up the challenge of the Green Knight,and cuts off his head.The Knight informs Gawain he will have his revenge.Journeying to the Knight's abode to receive his lot Gawain takes thehospitality of a Lord,and endures the advances of his wife.The Lord is the GreenKnight and,when the time comes,merely nicks Gawain's neck for his infidelity and dishonour.Is Gawain a failure,or a hero?
Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 01 Oct 1992
ISBN 10: 0460870483
ISBN 13: 9780460870481
Book Overview: Key medieval text for University courses. A-level set text (London). Heavily revised Crawley/Anderson edition, with new marginal glosses, footnotes and endnotes. Reset with wide B format pages to give generous margins for notes. Editor presents the latest Gawain scholarship in an introduction and notes of four poems, and suggestions for further reading.
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