Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th century metrical romance recorded in a manuscript containing three other pieces of an altogether more Christian orientation, which are linked by a commonality of dialect usage. The dialect is the North-West Midland form of Middle English. The core of the story, however, is far older and embraces many elements, the most prominent being the severed head theme, central to Celtic mythology, although it is also coloured by events of the time, chief amongst which were the Black Death.

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14th century - Metrical - Romance - Christian - Middle English - Celtic mythology - Black Death

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The manuscript, Cotton Nero A.x is in the British Museum. The first modern edition was published by J. R. R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon in 1925.

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Cotton Nero A.x - British Museum - J. R. R. Tolkien - 1925

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