Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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title:
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century chivalric romance in Middle English alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game, and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and wheel, it draws on Welsh, Irish, and English stories, as well as the French chivalric tradition. It
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14th-century Middle English chivalric romance
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
date created:
2002-02-25T15:51:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:41:30Z
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