The Gawain-Poet
A Critical Study

A study of the four great Middle English poems, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience and Purity.

A. C. Spearing (Author)

9780521291194, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 19 August 1976

252 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.54 kg

A study of the four great Middle English poems, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, Patience and Purity, which are in the same manuscript and are usually attributed to the same anonymous poet. After a general chapter devoted to the poet and his background, Mr Spearing turns to the poems, analysing each closely, paying particular attention to details of style, tone and approach, and commenting on what they have in common and the ways in which they diverge.

Texts and abbreviations
Preface
1. The poet and his background
2. Purity
3. Patience
4. Pearl
5. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Index.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]