Looking westward : poetry, landscape, and politics in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Ordelle G. Hill.

Author/creator Hill, Ordelle G.
Format Book
Publication InfoNewark : University of Delaware Press, ©2009.
Description203 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
English poetry--Middle English, 1100-1500. --History and criticism.
Welsh literature--1100-1400. --History and criticism.
Gawain (Legendary character)--Romances. --History and criticism.
Landscapes in literature.
Arthurian romances--History and criticism.
Politics and literature--Wales. --History. --To 1500.

Contents Welsh poetry, Henry Grosmont's "Poem," and the Cotton Nero A.x. manuscript -- The physical, political, and spiritual aspects of Gawain's journey -- People and places in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight -- Legend, history, and the beheading game in Wales and the borderlands -- Appendix 1 : Beheading chart -- Appendix 2 : The families after 1330 -- Appendix 3 : Other beheadings in Wales and the Welsh March.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 184-195) and index.
LCCN 2008037224
ISBN9780874130492 (alk. paper)
ISBN0874130492 (alk. paper)