The poems in this collection will give the reader an appreciation of both the distinctiveness and the variety of the medieval English Arthurian tradition and highlight some of this important chapter in Arthurian legend literature. The Middle English...
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The poems in this collection will give the reader an appreciation of both the distinctiveness and the variety of the medieval English Arthurian tradition and highlight some of this important chapter in Arthurian legend literature. The Middle English stories are different in style and structure to the later French romances, composed in poetic forms that derive from native English traditions. The Stanzaic Morte Arthur is the earliest version of the Lancelot-Guinevere story in English; The Awyntas off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyn is a serious moral poem while the story of the Avowing is a tail-r
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Select Bibliography; The Stanzaic Morte Arthur; The Adventures of Arthur at Tarn Wadling; The Vows of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay, and Baldwin of Britain; The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell; Sir Gawain and the Carl of Carlisle
