Language and imagination in the Gawain poems

Language and imagination in the Gawain poemsAuthor: J. Anderson ISBN: 9780719071027 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 24 Mar 2005 Pages: 256 Format: Paperback softback This major new literary study offers a fresh view of the significance of the famous group of fourteenth century poems, 'Pearl', 'Cleanness', 'Patience' and 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. It is a comprehensive study which puts the poems themselves firmly at its centre, though it is always alert to

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