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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight

textual humanities text poem core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Anonymous Pearl Poet, attributed author

Canon Rationale

A core Middle English romance, included for alliterative poetics, chivalry, temptation, Arthurian narrative, manuscript culture, and medieval Christian moral testing.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 102.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 'Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight'.
  • museum record: Project Gutenberg, 'Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight', edited by Richard Morris.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, attribution context required

Completion unit: read the complete poem in Middle English or translation. Record the edition and translator if applicable.

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