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The text is accompanied by a detailed introduction, an essay on the metrical form, the translator's note, marginal glosses, and explanatory annotations to assist readers in the study of this canonical Arthurian romance."Contexts" presents two French tales of Sir Gawain and a passage from the Alliterative Morte Arthure, also translated by Marie Borroff, as well as three selections from the original Middle English poem."Criticism" collects ten interpretive essays on the poem's central themes. Contributors include Alain Renoir, Marie Borroff, J. A. Burrow, A. Kent Hieatt, W. A. Davenport, Ralph Hanna III, Lynn Staley Johnson, Jonathan Nicholls, Geraldine Heng, and Leo Carruthers.A Chronology of important historical and literary dates and a Selected Bibliography are also included.
Contents
IntroductionThe Metrical FormsTranslator's NoteThe Translated Text of Sir Gawain and the Green KnightContexts1. Sir Gawain in Middle English2. The Green Knight Enters, lines 130-503. Sir Gawain's Shield, lines 619-394. The Gift of the Green Girdle, lines 1846-695. Two Old French Gavain Romances6. The Knight of the Sword7. The Mule without a Bridle8. From the Alliterative Morte Arthure9. Feast at ChristmasCriticism1. Alain Renoir ? Descriptive Technique in Sir Gawain and theGreen Knight2. Marie Borroff ? [The Challenge Episode: A StylisticInterpretation]3. J. A. Burrow ? [Recognition and Confession at the GreenChapel]4. A. Kent Hieatt ? Sir Gawain: Pentangle, Luf-Lace,Numerical Structure5. W. A. Davenport ? [The Hero and His Adventure]6. Ralph Hanna III ? Unlocking What's Locked: Gawain's GreenGirdle7. Lynn Staley Johnson ? [Regenerative Time in Sir Gawain andthe Green Knight]8. Jonathan Nicholls ? [The Testing of Courtesy at Camelotand Hautdesert]9. Geraldine Heng ? Feminine Knots and the Other Sir Gawainand the Green Knight10. Leo Carruthers ? The Duke of Clarence and the Earls ofMarch: Garter Knights and Sir Gawain and the Green KnightChronologySelected BibliographyNER(01): WOW
