Cleanness (poem)

Cleanness is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the Pearl poet or Gawain poet, also appears, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Purity and may have composed St. Erkenwald.

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Middle English - Alliterative - Poem - 14th century - Pearl poet - Gawain poet - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Pearl - Purity - St. Erkenwald

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The manuscript, Cotton Nero A.x is in the British Museum. The first modern edition was begun by J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon in the 1920s, but remained unpublished until 1953.

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Cotton Nero A.x - British Museum - J.R.R. Tolkien - E.V. Gordon

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