Rethinking the Beatitudes in Late Medieval Literature: A Study of the Gawain-Poet's Middle English Texts

by Caroline Jones

Recognised as the author of the Middle English poems Patience, Cleanness, Pearl, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and as some scholars argue- St Erkenwald, the Gawain-poet is one of late medieval Englands most significant vernacular authors. Although modern criticism has paid some attention to the theological precepts embedded within the Gawain-poet's oeuvre, previous studies have been largely inadequate and frequently...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2503532349
• ISBN13: 9782503532349
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Length: 267 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.