An Introduction to the Gawain-poet

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Longman, 1996 - Literary Criticism - 256 pages
The Gawain-Poet is the name given to the northern poet who is generally accepted as the sole author of four 14th-century Gawain poems. This text introduces the reader to the poems, setting the works in their relevant historical and cultural context and developing lines of critical argument.

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The poets way of reading
11
A historical context for alliterative poetry from the north west Midlands
28
Romance and realism
45
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