Gawain: A Casebook

by Keith Busby (Editor), Raymond H. Thompson (Editor)

Overview

Gawain: A Casebook is a collection of 12-15 classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend that investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, as well as modern literature and film. As with other volumes in the Arthurian Characters and Themes series, this casebook includes an extended introduction examining the character's evolution from the earliest tales to his most recent appearances in popular culture, as well as an extensive annotated bibliography. Students, scholars, and anyone interested in medieval legend will find a wealth of insight into the mystery of this most poignant and perplexing of Arthurian heroes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415971225
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/08/2005
Series:	Arthurian Characters and Themes
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	370
Product dimensions:	15.80(w) x 23.60(h) x 2.60(d)

About the Author

Keith Busby is Professor of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is translator of the standard Penguin edition of The Lais of Marie de France. He is also editor of Word and Image in Arthurian Literature (Garland, 1996).

Raymond H. Thompson is Professor Emeritus of English at Acadia University. He is author of The Return from Avalon: A Study of the Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction and co-editor of Merlin: A Casebook, also published by Routledge in the "Arthurian Characters and Themes" series.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface Introduction RAYMOND H. THOMPSON AND KEITH BUSBY Select Bibliography 1 Gawain: His Reputation, His Courtesy, and His Appearance in Chaucer's Squire's Tale B.J. WHITING 2 Gwalchmei m. Gwyar RACHEL BROMWICH 3 The Character of Gauvain in the Romances of Chrétien de Troyes WILLIAM A. NITZE 4 Gauvain and Fin' Amors in the Poems of Chrétien de Troyes DOUGLAS KELLY 5 Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic Struggle for Life? A Reading of Some Gauvain Romances in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century FRIEDRICH WOLFZETTEL 6 Diverging Traditions of Gauvain in Some of the Later Old French Verse Romances KEITH BUSBY 7 The Formation of a Gauvain Cycle in Chantilly Manuscript 472 LORI WALTERS 8 The Character of Gauvain in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Romances FANNI BOGDANOW 9 The Character of Gauvain in the Prose Tristan KEITH BUSBY 10 Gawain Against Arthur: The Impact of a Mythological Pattern upon Arthurian Tradition in Accounts of the Birth of Gawain RAYMOND H. THOMPSON 11 Crisis and Triumph in the World of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Gawan in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival ALBRECHT CLASSEN 12 Gauvain as Lover in the Middle Dutch Verse Romance Walewein BART BESAMUSCA 13 The Transformation of the Figure of Gauvain in Italy MARIE-JOSÉ HEIJKANT 14 Middle English Arthurian Romance: The Repetition and Reputation of Gawain PHILLIP C. BOARDMAN 15 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: The Poet's Treatment of the Hero and his Adventure W.A. DAVENPORT 16 Gawain and Heroic Knighthood in Malory BEVERLY KENNEDY 17 Gawain in Post-Medieval English Literature RAYMOND H. THOMPSON 18 Sir Gawaine at Liberty Castle: Thomas Berger's Comic Didacticism in Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel KLAUS P. JANOFSKY 19 Sir Gawain in Films DAVID J. WILLIAMS Proper Name Index