The Gawain Poet J. A. Burrow

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This book treats separately all four poems: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain. There are also chapters on: the history of the poems and their rediscovery; The main emphasis falls on interpretation, and on such explanations as a modern reader may require. All quotations cited from the poems are translated as well.

The Gawain Poet Summary

The Gawain Poet by J. A. Burrow

This book treats separately all four poems: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain. There are also chapters on: the history of the poems and their rediscovery; alliterative verse; and what little is known about the author. The main emphasis falls on interpretation, and on such explanations as a modern reader may require. All quotations cited from the poems are translated as well.

About J. A. Burrow

John Burrow is Emeritus Professor and Research Fellow, University of Bristol. He has had a distinguished academic career as a medieval specialist at the Universities of London, Oxford, Yale and Bristol and is Honorary Director of the Early English Text Society. His many publications include: A reading of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1965); as editor, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1972); Ricardian Poetry (1971); Medieval Writers and Their Work (1982).

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GOR004089938

ISBN 13

9780746308783

ISBN 10

0746308787

Title

The Gawain Poet by J. A. Burrow

Author

J. A. Burrow

Series

Writers and their Work

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Liverpool University Press

Year published

2000-01-11

Number of pages

120

Prizes

N/A

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