Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian romance

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian romance / Ad Putter.

This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the most well-known works of medieval English literature, and the tradition of French Arthurian romance, best-known through the works of Chretien de Troyes two centuries earlier.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Putter, Ad
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Gawain > (Legendary character) > Romances > History and criticism.
Gawain > (Legendary character)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Gawain and the Grene Knight
Sir Gawain and the green knight
To 1500
Comparative literature > English and French.
Comparative literature > French and English.
French poetry > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Arthurian romances > History and criticism.
Romances, English > History and criticism.
Knights and knighthood in literature.
Chivalry in literature.
Romances
Arthurian romances
Chivalry in literature
Comparative literature > English and French
Comparative literature > French and English
French poetry
Knights and knighthood in literature
Romances, English
Artusepik
Gawain and the Green Knight (anoniem)
Arthurromans.
Altfranzösisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Sir Gawain and French Arthurian Romance
  • 1. The Landscape of Courtly Romance
  • 2. The Convention of Hospitality
  • 3. The Temptation Scenes
  • 4. Honour and Honesty: The Heroic Ideal in Courtly Romance
  • 5. The Social Function of Courtly Romance.

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