Abstract

After a brief historical and literary framing, this paper attempts to offer a philological analysis of two fragments of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, the climax of English alliterative poems and one of the jewels of medieval poetry. We wish our quick glance at some of its most striking linguistic features could help the reader to appreciate the magical and mysterious world of medieval Arthurian literature.

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