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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Burton Raffel · 1970 · ★ 3.8 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE GREEN KNIGHT—STARRING DEV PATELAn epic poem of honor and bravery written by an anonymous fourteenth-century poet, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is recognized as an equal of Chaucer’s masterworks and of the great Old English poems, including Beowulf.It is Christmas in Camelot, and a truly royal feast has been laid out for King Arthur and his… Shares: Gawain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Hawk of May Gillian Bradshaw · 1980 · ★ 3.9 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Gwalchmai journey's to the safety of his uncle King Arthur and his court to escape from the evil magic of his mother, Morgawse, a bitter enemy of Arthur's. Shares: Gawain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight J.R.R. Tolkien · 1925 · 211p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Three epic poems from 14th century England speak of life during the age of chivalry. Translated from medieval English. Shares: Gawain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Meg Stainsby · 1992 · 218p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English late 14th-century chivalric romance in alliterative verse. The author is unknown; the title was given centuries later. It is one of the best-known Arthurian stories, with its plot combining two types of folk motifs: the beheading game and the exchange of winnings. Written in stanzas of alliterative verse, each of which ends in a rhyming bob and… Shares: Gawain, Romances, Arthurian romances

The Challenge of the Green Knight Ian Serraillier · 1966 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Sir Gawain is determined to keep his rendezvous with the Green Knight even though he believes it will mean his death. Shares: Gawain, Romances, Arthurian romances

Méliador Jean Froissart · 1895 Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Romance of Tristan Béroul · 2019 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Complete Concordance to Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival Clifton D. Hall · 2020 · 798p · ≈ 26h · Moderate Originally published in 1990, this massive work of scholarship provides an invaluable reference tool for efficient textual investigation to a medieval masterpiece and one of the most significant Middle High German poems. Function words and selected high frequency words with related forms, omitted from many concordances, are given in single verse context in the Verse Concordance. The shorter… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Jaufre Ross G. Arthur · 2014 · 190p · ≈ 6h · Moderate This translation, first published in 1992, presents one of the most memorable medieval ballads, largely because it contains a number of surprises and falsified expectations. Jaufre, the hero, arrives at the court of King Arthur with a total and naïve faith in the King and his ability to effect a total transformation in his followers by inducting them into the order of knighthood. As his quest… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Rise of Gawain Nephew of Arthur Mildred Leake Day · 2019 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Published in 1984: The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur is an exciting adventure story of the training, testing, and recognition of knighthood in King Arthur's court. The setting is the historical world of the fifth century: Rome, Jerusalem, Britannia. Atleast one copy of the story circulated in England, apparently influencing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Faerie Queene, Book 1. Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

The book of romance Andrew Lang · 1902 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Challenging From the Andrew Lang prismatic series, this is the "Book of Romance", a most attractive selection of what the editor calls "fairy-tales grown up," the Round Table romances and similar stories, with colored pictures and line pictures by H. J . Ford-making a book for the reside dreaming of romantic curly-heads, who will be unaware that they are learning the lore of their race… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Kingdom of Summer Gillian Bradshaw · 1981 · ★ 4.0 · 281p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A farmer's son becomes Gwalchmai's servant and travels through Britain with this knight of the Round Table, son of the treacherous Morgawse, searching for Princess Elidan. Shares: Gawain, Arthurian romances

The tale of Sir Gawain Neil Philip · 1987 · ★ 3.6 · 102p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Sir Gawain is lying feverish and wounded in his tent outside of Lancelot's castle. As he dies, he tells his young squire the stories of the rise and fall of the noble knights of the round table. Gawain tells of Arthur's boyhood and of the wonderful moment when the young King drew the magic sword from the stone and claimed his kingdom. He tells of his own fight with the supernatural Green Knight.… Shares: Gawain, Arthurian romances

Perilous Cemetery Nancy Black · 2019 · 421p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Published in 1994: In The Perilous Cemetery adventure, Gawain is required to fight the devil himself. In repayment for having cured a young woman of madness, the devil keeps her entombed in a grave by day and requires her by night to fulfil his sexual desires. Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Merlin and Legendary Romance Carol Harding · 2014 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate An indepth work on the origins of the Merlin of Arthurian legend, this book examines early texts, thirteenth century romances focusing particularly on Merlin as a character, rather than those where Merlin is a background cast member. The outline here starts with looking at the genre and the place of fantasy, moving on to consider the attitudes towards magic and magic-users in medieval times. Main… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Romances, Arthurian romances

Modern Retellings of Chivalric Texts Gloria Allaire · 2018 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Published in 1999, the ten essays in this collection identify and examine reworkings of identifiable source texts from the medieval or Renaissance periods. The reasons for the modern adaptations depend variously on an individual author’s personal perspectives, the worldview of his or her society, and the individual’s place in it. The various chapters therefore address issues such as why a… Shares: Cycle d'Arthur, Arthurian romances

Les romans de la table ronde Jacques Boulenger · 1922 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Jacques Boulenger (1879-1944) "Très grande fut la colère de l’Ennemi quand Jésus Notre Sire fut venu en enfer et en eut fait sortir Ève et Adam, et tous ceux qu’il lui plut.– Quel est Celui-ci, qui nous surpasse tant que notre force ne peut rien contre lui ? se demandaient les démons, étonnés.– Rappelez-vous, dit l’un d’eux, que les prophètes avaient annoncé depuis longtemps que le Fils de Dieu… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

Beltane the Smith Jeffery Farnol · 1915 · ★ 2.0 · 558p · ≈ 18h · Challenging A mighty man was Beltane the Smith, despite his youth already great of stature and comely of feature. Much knew he of woodcraft, of the growth of herb and tree and flower, of beast and bird, and how to tell each by its cry or song or flight; he knew the ways of fish in the streams, and could tell the course of the stars in the heavens; versed was he likewise in the ancient wisdoms and… Shares: Romances, Arthurian romances

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