Gawain: A Casebook
Gawain: A Casebook is a collection of 12-15 classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend that investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, as well as modern literature and film. As with other volumes in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series, this casebook includes an extended introduction examining the character's evolution from the earliest tales to his most recent appearances in popular culture, as well as an extensive annotated...
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Gawain: A Casebook is a collection of 12-15 classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend that investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, as well as modern literature and film. As with other volumes in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series, this casebook includes an extended introduction examining the character's evolution from the earliest tales to his most recent appearances in popular culture, as well as an extensive annotated bibliography. Students, scholars, and anyone interested in medieval legend will find a wealth of insight into the mystery of this most poignant and perplexing of Arthurian heroes.
Introduction11Gawain : his reputation, his courtesy, and his appearance in Chaucer's Squire's Tale452Gwalchmei m. Gwyar953The character of Gauvain in the romances of Chretien de Troyes1034Gauvain and fin' amors in the poems of Chretien de Troyes1175Arthurian adventure or quixotic "struggle for life"? A reading of some Gauvain romances in the first half of the thirteenth century1256Diverging traditions of Gauvain in some of the later Old French verse romances1397The formation of a Gauvain cycle in Chantilly manuscript 4721578The character of Gauvain in the thirteenth-century prose romances1739The character of Gauvain in the prose Tristan18310Gawain against arthur : the impact of a mythological pattern upon arthurian tradition in accounts of the birth of Gawain20911Crisis and triumph in the world of medieval knighthood and chivalry : Gawan in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival21712Gauvain as lover in the middle Dutch verse romance Walewein23113The transformation of the figure of Gauvain in Italy23914Middle English Arthurian romance : the repetition and reputation of Gawain25515Sir Gawain and the green knight : the poet's treatment of the hero and his adventure27316Gawain and heroic knighthood in Malory28717Gawain in post-medieval English literature29718Sir Gawaine at liberty castle : Thomas Berger's comic didacticism in Arthur Rex : a legendary novel31919Sir Gawain in films337
