An Introduction to The Gawain-Poet

by Ad Putter

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00EZ1YEZC
• ISBN13: 9780582225749
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"