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Sites about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by Anonymous (British: Pre-1500)
Sir Gawain goes on a quest to fight a man he had already beheaded. Along the way, he is visits Sir Bercilak and is tempted by Bercilak’s wife. Gawain discovers that Bercilak is in fact the enemy he is to fight, and though he survives the fight, he loses his honor by accepting a magical protection from Bercilak’s wife.
Characters: Sir Gawain, Becilak, Bercilak’s wife, Morgan le Fay, King Arthur
Keywords: honor, girdle, green man, Arthurian
Critical sites about Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Controlling the Feminine Voice in Cleanness and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/inpar001_vitto.pdf
- “For all the criticism devoted to Cleanness, its structure and purpose remain uncertain. “
- Contains: Content Analysis
- Author: Cindy L. Vitto
- From: In parentheses: Papers in Medieval Studies Volume I: May 1999, page 3
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- Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawayne
- https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/authors/#15
- This lengthy analysis of several early anonymous English poems includes sections on “Sources and Metre of Pearl”, “Cleanness and Patience”, “Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight”, and “Sources of Sir Gawayne.”
- Author: I. Gollancz
- From: The Cambridge History of English and American Literature Volume I: English, From the Beginnings to the Cycles of Romance
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- A Psychoanalytic Approach to the Question of Masculinity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/masculin.htm
- This essay argues that Gawain maintains his masculinity despite his sexual abstinence. It concludes that “Gawain has been taught that in order to maintain a courtly masculine identity he needs to control his sexuality.” Includes a bibliography.
- Contains: Historical Context, Character Analysis, Content Analysis, Bibliography
- Author: Fred Griffiths
- From: Luminarium
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