Gawain
A Casebook

Useful for students, scholars, and those interested in medieval legend, this casebook features nineteen classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend. It investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, and in modern literature and film. The introduction examines the character's evolution.

"Gawain: A Casebook" is a collection of nineteen classic and original essays on the hero of Arthurian legend that investigates the figure of Gawain as he appears in major medieval traditions, and in modern literature and film. The latest addition to 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.

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
"2. Gwalchmei m. Gwyar"
"3. The Character of Gauvain in the Romances of Chretien de Troyes"
"4. Gauvain and "Fin ' Amors"
in the Poems of Chretien de Troyes
5. Arthurian Adventure or Quixotic "Struggle for Life"? A Reading of Some Gauvain Romances in the First Half of the Thirteenth Century"
"6. Diverging Traditions of Gauvain in Some of the Later Old French Verse Romances
7. The Formation of a Gauvain Cycle in Chantilly Manuscript 472
8. The Character of Gauvain in the Thirteenth-Century Prose Romances"
"9. The Character of Gauvain in the "Prose Tristan
"10. Gawain against Arthur: The Impact of a Mythological Pattern upon Arthurian Tradition in Accounts of the Birth of Gawain"
"11. Crisis and Triumph in the World of Medieval Knighthood and Chivalry: Gawan in Wolfram von Eschenbach's "Parzival
"12. Gauvain as Lover in the Middle Dutch Verse Romance "Walewein" " "13. The Transformation of the Figure of Gauvain in Italy " "14. Middle English Arthurian Romance: The Repetition and Reputation of Gawain"
"15. "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight": The Poet's Treatment of the Hero and His Adventure
16. Gawain and Heroic Knighthood in Malory
17. Gawain in Post-Medieval English Literature
18. Sir Gawaine at Liberty Castle: Thomas Berger's Comic Didacticism in "Arthur Rex: A Legendary Novel
"19. Sir Gawain in Films"
"Proper Name Index