Table of Contents
Series Editor's Preface vii
Introduction Raymond H. Thompson Keith Busby 1
Select Bibliography 37
1 Gawain: His Reputation, His Courtesy, and His Appearance in Chaucer's Squire's Tale B.J. Whiting 45
2 Gwalchmei m. Gwyar Rachel Bromwich 95
3 The Character of Gauvain in the Romances of Chrétien de Troves William A. Nitze 103
4 Gauvain and Fin' Amors in the Poems of Chrétien de Troyes Douglas Kelly 117
5 Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic "Struggle for Life"? A Reading of Some Gauvain Romances in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century Friedrich Wolfzettel 125
6 Diverging Traditions of Gauvain in Some of the Later Old French Verse Romances Keith Busby 139
7 The Formation of a Gauvain Cycle in Chantilly Manuscript 472 Lori Walters 157
8 The Character of Gauvain in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Romances Fanni Bogdanow 173
9 The Character of Gauvain in the Prose Tristan Keith Busby 183
10 Gawain Against Arthur: The Impact of a Mythological Pattern upon Arthurian Tradition in Accounts of the Birth of Gawain Raymond H. Thompson 209
11 Crisis and Triumph in the World of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Gawan in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival Albrecht Classen 217
12 Gauvain as Lover in the Middle Dutch Verse Romance Walewein Bart Besamusca 231
13 The Transformation of the Figure of Gauvain in Italy Marie-José Heijkant 239
14 Middle English Arthurian Romance: The Repetition and Reputation of Gawain Phillip C. Boardman 255
15 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight The Poet's Treatment of the Hero and His Adventure W. A. Davenport 273
16 Gawain and Heroic Knighthood in Malory Beverly Kennedy 287
17 Gawain in Post-Medieval English Literature Raymond H. Thompson 297
18 Sir Gawaine at Liberty Castle: Thomas Berger's Comic Didacticism in Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel Klaus P. Jankofsky 319
19 Sir Gawain in Films David J. Williams 337
About the Contributors 347
Proper Name Index 349
