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A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

By:J A Burrow
Publisher:Taylor & Francis
Print ISBN:9780367182908
eText ISBN:9780429594106
Edition:1
Copyright:1965
Format:Reflowable

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Originally published in 1965, A Reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is an interpretation of the most important poem in Middle English literature, the only fourteenth century work which can stand beside Chaucer. The book examines the poem’s conventions and purposes in a critical analysis and provides a useful and insightful introduction to ‘Sir Gawain’. It will be of interest to students and academics studying the poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.