Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the French Arthurian Romance [Hardcover]

Ad Putter (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198182538 | ISBN-13: 978-0198182535 | Publication Date: May 25, 1995

This is an innovative and original exploration of the connections between Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, one of the best-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. Putter 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. He presents a wealth of new sources and analogues, which provide illuminating points of comparison for analysis of the self-consciousness with which the Gawain-poet handled the staple ingredients of Arthurian romance.

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"[Putter's] book...reveals a professionally comprehensive command of romance tradition accompanied by perceptive reading of texts and levelheaded insights into medieval culture. This is a very good book, both in it promise for the future and in what it offers us now."--Speculum

"...a richly documented work, ambitious in its aims and admirable in its achievement...an extraordinarily informative and thought-provoking contribution to the study of Sir Gawain that no serious student of medieval romance can afford to ignore."--Modern Philology

About the Author

Ad Putter is at University of Bristol.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (May 25, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198182538
• ISBN-13: 978-0198182535
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,704,443 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars why so expensive?, September 29, 2011

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This review is from: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the French Arthurian Romance (Kindle Edition)

Why is this book so expensive? I really don't think that anyone will pay $100 for this book. If it was less (a lot less) I might buy it to use as a source for my English Litterature paper.