This book treats separately all four poems: Pearl, Cleanness, Patience and Sir Gawain. There are also chapters on: the history of the poems and their rediscovery; alliterative verse; and what little is known about the author. The main emphasis falls on interpretation, and on such explanations as a modern reader may require. All quotations cited from the poems are translated as well.
| ISBN: | 9780746308783 |
| Publication date: | 11th January 2000 |
| Author: | J A Burrow, British Council |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 70 pages |
| Series: | Writers and Their Work |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |