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Arthurian Legend
This page provides a way to find alliterative poems addressing the Arthurian Matter of Britain. The major manuscripts from the Middle Ages are Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Alliterative Morte D'Arthur, though there were a vraiety of lesser-known poems. You can find links to the Middle English version of most of those poems here.
Published Books
- Retelling of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, from the Green Knight's point of view, in Frost & Pollen
Dan Sumption
Published Translations
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Alliterative Morte D'Arthur
Online Translations
- The Awyntyrs Off Arthur
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Jessie Weston)
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Paul Deane, ongoing translation)
Other Poems Posted Online
- Annalee Newitz, Sir Gawain Summarized
- Inhammer, Sir Gawain and the Three Sisters