English Fiction & Prose Literature - General & Miscellaneous - Literary Criticism, Arthurian Legend, Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous, Religious Poetry - Literary Criticism, Medieval European Literature - Literary Criticism, English Poetry - M
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Overview
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.
Book Details
Published
January 2, 1971
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
249
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521078511