1st Edition

Five Middle English Arthurian Romances

By Valerie Krishna Copyright 1991
260 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. The Stanzaic Morte Arthur  2. The Adventures of Arthur at Tarn Wadling  3. The Vows of King Arthur, Sir Gawain, Sir Kay, and Baldwin of Britain  4. The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell  5. Sir Gawain and the Carl of Carlisle

Biography

Valerie Krishna