Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and French Arthurian romance

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Author

Ad Putter

Publication

1995 - Clarendon Press, Oxford, England

Language

English

Word Count

69,750 words, Guess

Page Count

279 pages

Identifiers

Open LibraryOL1105075M
ISBN-100198182538
OCLC Control Number30893635
OCLC Control Numbersirgawaingreenkn00putt
Library of Congress Control Number94030190

and 2 more

LibraryThing1134741
Goodreads2898391

Classifications

DDC821/.1
LCCPR2065.G31 P88 1995

Description

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. The book compares Gawain with a wide range of French Arthurian romances, exploring their recurrent structural patterns and motifs, their ethical orientation and the social context in which they were produced. It presents a wealth of new sources and analogues, which reveal and illuminate the Gawain-poet's sophisticated literary and moral understanding of the conventions of Arthurian romance. Throughout, Ad Putter pays close attention to the ways in which the modes of representation in romance are related to social and historical contexts. Focusing on the importance of conscience, courtliness, and self-restraint in Arthurian romance, this book explores the ways in which literati such as Chretien de Troyes and the Gawain-poet adapted chivalric ideals to the changing times.