Pearl Poet, The Medieval British World Literature

Pearl Poet, The

The Pearl poet is an anonymous medieval poet whose name derives from one of his poems, the Pearl poem. He is also the author of one of the greatest works of the medieval period, the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.

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• - Student essay suggesting an isomorphism between the story of Gawain and the story of Eden.
  
• - Student project analyzing the poem of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
  
• - "Various online texts, essays, articles, and resources for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Luminarium.org's resource for information related to the Pearl Poet's most well-known work.
  
• - A more recent version of the original medieval tale as edited by J.R.R. Tolkien and E.V. Gordon. This is still very much in the Middle English style though.
  
• - Discussion of the use of color by Elizabeth A. Hoffman.
  
• - Collected links.
  
• - Bibliography, readings, essays, websites, links to various translations. Compiled by Roger Hartill.
  
• - Online translation of excerpts from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
  
  

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