An introduction to the Gawain-poet / Ad Putter

Putter, Ad

ISBN 10: 0582225752 / ISBN 13: 9780582225756

Published by Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index. Contents; Ch. 1. The Gawain-poet in context. The poet's reading. The poet's way of reading. The poet in the text: a humble cleric. The poet in the text: a court-poet. Dialect and metre: the Gawain-poet's 'remoteness'. A historical context for alliterative poetry from the north west Midlands -- Ch. 2. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Romance and realism. Plot-telling and the manipulation of memory. Conclusion -- Ch. 3. Patience. 'Suffraunce' in the Prologue. The Gawain-poet as a reader of the Bible. Dramatic irony in the story of Jonah. God and man. From revelation to trust -- Ch. 4. Pearl. Introduction: Pearl and its problems. Making heaven strange: the description of heaven. Reason and revelation: the debate about heaven. The unkindness of heaven. Patience and protest in the epilogue -- Ch. 5. Cleanness. Uncleanness and the confusion of kinds. Imitating God. The beauty of destruction. Cleanness and knowing one's place. Embodying culture. Subjects; Gawain (Legendary character). Gawain-poet. Gawain-poet Criticism and interpretation. Gawain (Legendary character) ; Romances History and criticism. GawainBritish Library. Manuscript. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 425839

Bibliographic Details

Title: An introduction to the Gawain-poet / Ad ...

Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st edition.

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Synopsis:

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 - "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", "Patience", "Pearl" and "Cleannes". This text introduces the reader to the poems, setting the works in their relevant historical and cultural context and developing lines of critical argument.

Review:

"This is an excellent book, which will serve as a sound and lively introduction for students, but also makes an impressive and substantial contribution to scholarly study of the Gawain-poet." English Studies "Ad Putter's Introduction is aimed at undergraduates and provides clearly written and largely independent critical introductions to the four poems." - TLS