Title An introduction to the Gawain-poet / Ad Putter

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource Series Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library Longman medieval and Renaissance library. Contents Ch. 1. The Gawain-poet in context. The poet's reading. The poet's way of reading. The poet in the text: a humble cleric. The poet in the text: a court-poet. Dialect and metre: the Gawain-poet's 'remoteness'. A historical context for alliterative poetry from the north west Midlands -- Ch. 2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Romance and realism. Plot-telling and the manipulation of memory. Conclusion -- Ch. 3. Patience. 'Suffraunce' in the Prologue. The Gawain-poet as a reader of the Bible. Dramatic irony in the story of Jonah. God and man. From revelation to trust -- Ch. 4. Pearl. Introduction: Pearl and its problems. Making heaven strange: the description of heaven. Reason and revelation: the debate about heaven. The unkindness of heaven. Patience and protest in the epilogue -- Ch. 5. Cleanness. Uncleanness and the confusion of kinds. Imitating God. The beauty of destruction. Cleanness and knowing one's place. Embodying culture Summary The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet''s four surviving works: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Patience, Pearl and Cleanness. The four poems are made accessible to the student by setting them in their relevant historical and cultural context and by developing some lines of critical argument. All studies are based on the author''s own resear Notes Originally published: Pearson Education Limited, 1996 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index Notes Print version record SUBJECT Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79068347 Patience (Middle English poem) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83208437 Purity (Middle English poem) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83208439 Pearl (Middle English poem) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50080977 Gawain and the Grene Knight fast Patience (Middle English poem) fast Pearl (Middle English poem) fast Purity (Middle English poem) fast Subject English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism Christian poetry, English (Middle) -- History and criticism Manuscripts, English (Middle) -- England -- West Midlands Arthurian romances -- History and criticism Civilization, Medieval, in literature. Knights and knighthood in literature. Poets in literature. POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Arthurian romances Christian poetry, English (Middle) Civilization, Medieval, in literature English poetry -- Middle English Knights and knighthood in literature Manuscripts, English (Middle) Poets in literature England -- West Midlands Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781317893127 1317893123

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