Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Verse by Gawain Poet
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two... Wikipedia
Author: Gawain Poet
Genre: Chivalric romance
Characters: Green Knight, Lady Bertilak, Gawain, and more
Date: late 14th century
First printed edition: 1839 by Sir Frederic Madden
Length: 101 stanzas, 2530 lines
Manuscript(s): Cotton Nero A.x.
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