Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
an English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the 14th century.

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  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — is a late 14th century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur s Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his… …   Wikipedia

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Sir Gawain und der Grüne Ritter) ist eine mittelenglische Ritterromanze, die in der Tradition der Artusepik steht. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Sire Gauvain et le Chevalier vert Première page du manuscrit original de Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Sire Gauvain et le Chevalier vert (en anglais Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) est un roman de chevalerie en vers allitératifs datant de la… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — (ca. 1375–1400)    Often considered the most elegantly written and stylistically perfect ROMANCE in MIDDLE ENGLISH, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight survives in only one copy and is found with three other poems in MS Cotton Nero A.x, Art. 3, in… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — an English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the 14th century. * * * Sir Gawain and the Green Knight [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight] a long English poem written in the 14th century by an unknown author. It is about Sir Gawain …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — Sir Ga|wain and the Green Knight a long English poem written in the 14th century by an unknown poet. It is about Gawain, a brave ↑knight in the time of King ↑Arthur, and his adventures with a mysterious green knight. →↑Arthurian Legend …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Gawain and the Green Knight — Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir →↑Sir Gawain and the Green Knight …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Gawain and the Green Knight (1973 film) — Infobox Film | name = Gawain and the Green Knight image size = 175px caption = original movie poster director = Stephen Weeks producer = Carlo Ponti writer = Philip M. Breen Stephen Weeks starring =Murray Head Nigel Green Robert Hardy music = Ron …   Wikipedia

  • Gawain and the Green Knight —    This fine poem, written in the West Midlands in the later 14th century, not only has a plot centred upon a shape changing giant but is rich in details of interest to folklorists. The Green Knight s brusque entry at Arthur s *New Year feast,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

  • Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight — ▪ Middle English poem also spelled  Sir Gawain And The Green Knight,         Middle English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the second half of the 14th century (perhaps 1375). It is a chivalric romance that tells a tale of… …   Universalium

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