Sir Perceval of Galles and Ywain and Gawain

Edited by Mary Flowers Braswell

Book cover: Sir Perceval of Galles and Ywain and Gawain

Extent: 220 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: TEAMS Middle English Texts Series

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(October 1995)

ISBN: 9781879288607

7.01 x 10 inches

Price: $19.95

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PDF (Published)

(October 1995)

ISBN: 9781580443944

Price: $16.00

The only known English version of Chrétien de Troyes’s romance of Perceval. Accompanying this tale is Ywain and Gawain. An excellent introduction to Middle English Arthurian romance, as they include editing, glosses, introductions, and a very helpful glossary for beginning students.


This volume contains the only known English version of Chretien de Troyes’s romance of the naive knight Perceval, Sir Perceval of Galles. The work uses Perceval’s ridiculous behavior as a late medieval satire of courtliness. Accompanying this tale is Ywain and Gawain, a translation of a second Chretien poem, Le Chevalier au Lion. Unlike Sir Perceval, this poem extols the virtues of chivalry and honor. These complementary works form an excellent introduction to Middle English Arthurian romance, as they include editing, glosses, introductions, and a very helpful glossary for beginning students.

Preface Sir Perceval of Galles Introduction Text Notes Ywain and Gawain Introduction Text Notes Glossary, Preface

Sir Perceval of Galles
Introduction
Text
Notes

Ywain and Gawain
Introduction
Text
Notes
Glossary
  • Edited by Mary Flowers Braswell