A Romance of England and Wales: ‘Logres’ in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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Abstract

This chapter details the representation of England and Wales in the late fourteenth-century north-west Midlands poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Flood suggests that the Welsh affinities of the poem’s geography are not (as has elsewhere been argued) suggestive of a direct Welsh source influence on the poem, but rather are indicative of the mediation of Welsh historical material within the English tradition through Geoffrey of Monmouth’s twelfth-century Historia regum Britanniae. It explores the significance of Marcher geographies and spatial perceptions for our understanding of the poem, arguing for the March as a cultural centre rather than a periphery.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedieval Welsh Literature and its European Contexts
Subtitle of host publicationEssays in Honour of Professor Helen Fulton
EditorsVictoria Flood
PublisherBoydell & Brewer
Chapter8
Pages114-130
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9781805433507 (EPDF), 9781805433514 (EPUB)
ISBN (Print)9781843847212
Publication statusAccepted/In press - 2024

Publication series

NameBristol Studies in Medieval Cultures
Publisher Boydell & Brewer
Volume12

Bibliographical note

Not yet published as of 26/04/2024. Expected publication date: July 2024.

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