Twentieth century interpretations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; [electronic resource] a collection of critical essays.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Denton Fox -- Part one. Interpretations -- The alliterative revival / Dorothy Everett -- Art and tradition in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Larry D. Benson -- The third fitt / J.A. Burrow -- Structure and symmetry in Sir Gawain / Donald R. Howard -- The criticism of style / Marie Borroff -- Ideals of knighthood in late-fourteenth-century England / Gervase Mathew -- Gawain: his reputation, his courtesy, and his appearance in Chaucer's Squire's tale / B.J. Whiting -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / John Speirz -- Part two. View points -- Heinrich Zimmer -- E. Talbot Donaldson -- C.S. Lewis -- A.C. Spearing -- Cecily Clark -- Ralph W.V. Elliott -- Chronology of important dates.