Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Window on an Age

by Elisabeth Brewer

Book Overview

This anthology of medieval writing provides a context for a deeper understanding of the Gawain-poet's originality and skill.

The intertextuality of this brilliant poem can be more fully understood through Elisabeth Brewer's presentation of modern English versions of themes familiar from Gawain and the Green Knight -beheading, seduction and othertraditional material - from a range of medieval writings. Her book is a delightful and unusual small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859913597
• ISBN13: 9780859913591
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"