An Introduction to The Gawain-Poet

The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a single northern author, known as the Gawain-Poet. This book introduces the reader to the Gawain-poet's four surviving works: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight , Patience, Pearl and Cleanness . The four poems are made accessible to the student by setting them in their relevant historical and cultural context