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sir gawain and the green knight
the text is accompanied by a detailed introduction an essay on the metrical form the translator s note marginal glosses and explanatory annotations to assist readers in the study of this canonical arthurian romance . contexts presents two french tales of sir gawain and a passage from the alliterative morte arthure also translated by marie borroff as well as three selections from the original middle english poem . criticism collects ten interpretive essays on the poem s central themes . contributors include alain renoir marie borroff j. a. burrow a. kent hieatt w. a. davenport ralph hanna iii lynn staley johnson jonathan nicholls geraldine heng and leo carruthers . a chronology of important historical and literary dates and a selected bibliography are also included .